iPhone: 3 good lenses for the camera
Often you don't get good pictures with the iPhone's standard camera. In this article, we therefore present three lenses for the iPhone.
The 4-in-1 iPhone lens
You can get a 4-in-1 iPhone lens from Olloclip for around 70 euros. The lens is available in different colors and variations.
- Features: Take stunning close-ups with the Olloclip lens. There are two macro lenses with 10x and 15x macro. With the wide-angle lens you expand the field of view of your iPhone camera. Furthermore, with the fisheye lens you create extreme widths and arched pictures.
- App: The manufacturer provides an app for optimal recordings.
- Variants: If you choose this lens, make sure you choose the right size when purchasing. There are special lenses for the iPhone generation 4 and 5. With the Olloclip case you even get a suitable protection for your iPhone.
For distant shots: Rollei 12x telephoto lens
The iPhone does not have an optical zoom as standard. The digital zoom often affects the quality of pictures that you want to enlarge. With the 12x telephoto lens from Rollei you can expand the zoom range of your iPhone at a price of around 30 euros.
- Scope of delivery: The scope of delivery includes the lens and a tripod for your iPhone. For safety, you get a hard case protective cover that can be easily attached to the bracket.
- Functions: The lens has a 12x optical zoom. You can focus the image manually.
- Variants: The Rollei lens is currently only available for the iPhone 3G, 4 and 4S.
The slightly different lens: Sony SmartShot DSC-QX100
The SmartShot DSC-QX100 lens from Sony is suitable for professional shots. For just under 300 euros, the lens is quite expensive, but convinces with a very good image quality.
- Functions: The lens does not use the existing camera of your iPhone, but has the entire interior of the Sony RX100 II. Your smartphone serves as a display, with which the lens connects via WLAN or NFC. In this way you get a full-fledged compact camera. You can attach the lens to any smartphone.
- Equipment: With the Sony SmartShot DSC-QX100 you take pictures with a resolution of up to 20.2 megapixels. The lens also has a 3.6x optical zoom.
- App: With PlayMemories you control the camera module.
Blurring often occurs when the image is removed. You can avoid this with appropriate tripods. In another practical tip, we compare 3 good iPhone mounts.