
Rating 3.4 out of 5 stars with 139 reviews
3.4- Ease of use (16)
- Compatibility (6)
- Fish Eye (3)
- Price (3)
- Lens Quality (39)
- Fit (3)
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- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Decent for the price and local availability
TIP: Mount the clip to the phone and position it directly over the camera sensor before you screw the lens onto the clip. Makes lining up the lens much easier. Make sure the clip doesn't move while threading on the lens. Also, please note the macro and wide-angle lenses are a set. To use the macro, you need to remove the wide-angle lens from it (it's basically a 2-in-1 lens, while the fish-eye is a totally separate lens). I bought this because I needed a wide-angle lens for my second phone, which I use as a dash camera in my car and truck. The original field of view wasn't really wide enough to be useful. Looking online, I found a number of options before I found a Best Buy store a half hour drive away that had this one in stock. Local availability is always a major plus in my opinion. The build on this lens set is decent. I am not sure if the lens frames are aluminum or composite, but they are quite sturdy and don't feel like they would break if I squeezed them hard, like some other products like this I've seen. The clip is standard-fare plastic. I can't say how durable it will be in the long run, but it seems to be acceptable right now. Quality of the images is very impressive. The fish-eye and wide angle lenses do exactly what they should. The fish-eye is advertised as a 180 degree FOV, but in my experience, it's more like 160 degrees, which is plenty for me. The wide angle lens just expands the FOV just a little, maybe 20%. I haven't measured it. It's not that noticeable unless you take a comparison picture along side it, but it does expand the view a fair bit. This is actually the lens I settled on for my dash cam application, as it provides the best balance of FOV and image quality. The macro lens is amazing. I've attached a couple of pictures I took of a gold $1 Presidential coin. The fact that they were taken with the low-end camera in a Galaxy Core Prime is amazing to me. If you are for some reason unfamiliar with the gold $1 dollar coin, they are very near the same size and thickness as a US quarter, just barely larger. The only issue I have is I can't really use the flash with the lens on my phone. This will of course depend on the design of the phone, but most phones place the flash very near the camera sensor, so the additional lens creates a big shadow when the flash is used. This is a somewhat minor issue, but it is something to consider. Also, if you have a very thick case on your phone, this may not work. For best results, the clip needs to be directly on (i.e. touching) the camera window on your phone. On one of my phones, the case is thin and the camera is only about a half millimeter from the clip and it works great. The other one has a thicker case, and the clip floats about 1 to 1.5mm above the camera. It still works quite well, but it is a bit more difficult to line up the lens perfectly. If the lens isn't lined up, you might get some extra distortion and darkness around the corners. As with any optics, the further the lens is from the camera, the worse this becomes.
Posted by kananesgi
- Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Budget minded solution for less serious shooting
Great add--on for wider coverage of subjects. Some phone cases may need to be removed for best fit.
Posted by Lucky
- Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Very cool effects.
I really like the effects I get from these lenses. It even works with my phone case on.
Posted by Marsha411
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Lenses
These lenses I picked up just out of curiosity and was really surprised. I managed to take some pretty nice pictures. My favorite is of all the lenses is the macro lens. The rest are very good but I was looking to be able to take really close up pictures of pretty much anything. The lenses are really easy to cart in their protective case and easy to install. Over all you cannot go wrong with this set of lenses. For the price, great recommendation.
Posted by solodavejazz
- Rated 3 out of 5 stars
fine for the price
tried more expensive options and they weren't any better. you have to remove your phone case. doesn't stay secure. no instructions, says 3 lens's but doesn't show how you get them and I pulled one apart that shouldn't have been
Posted by RosiB