NEEWERHD 85MM Telephoto Phone Lens Only for 17mm Thread Backplate, 2.5X Magnification Compatible with SmallRig NEEWER iPhone Samsung Phone Cage Case with 17mm Lens Adapter, LS-59

I don’t write reviews ever and I have to for this. The quality footage I was able to produce with this has been insane. I have messed around with a host of other iPhone compatible lenses and this one is by far my favorite. Very solid build quality, and you’ll know it the second you handle it. Works really well with a cage rig but beware it adds some weight. For a gimbal it might be tricky to balance but doable.If you are set on delivering high quality ProRes footage I highly recommend adding this to your arsenal.

The lens it’s awesome! The construction quality, the weight, and the image quality that gives you it’s outstanding! Worth every penny, it’s a jump in image quality, putting far from “cellphone photo” and very close to “camera photo”

I like this telephoto phone camera lens and it does a good job if you need to zoom in on a particular shot over and above what your standard phone camera is capable of. However, it does add some weight which makes it a little more difficult to keep a steady hand when trying to get that perfect shot. But perhaps more importantly you'll need to buy another accessory from Neewer to make it work...at least I did and I have an iPhone 12. It's Neewer part number PA007 and it's called a Universal Phone Clamp for 17mm Threaded Lens . It cost me $15 and I purchased it directly from Neewer. Once you receive the clamp the lens screws right into it and you can then clamp the lens over your phone lens to take your pictures. It would have been nice if the Seller had included this item with the lens which is why I removed a star.The lens itself is solid and well made, and definitely a quality product. The distortion is minimal around the edges of the lens but overall you can get really good pictures. This lens really does make a difference, but it is heavy and know you'll need to purchase the additional accessory I mentioned above.

Hace unos años, era impensable trabajar con lentes diseñados para teléfonos móviles. La calidad era terrible. Pero eso cambió. Gracias al sistema de fundas que se ha desarrollado, lentes como este de Neewer ofrecen una calidad más que adecuada para proyectos serios.Ojo: para usarlo necesitarás una funda o jaula compatible, ya que no viene incluida. Recomiendo usar el lente con la jaula Neewer Cage [2ª generación].La construcción es muy buena. De hecho, ya sobrevivió a su primera caída (y espero que también sea la última).Para obtener la mejor calidad, debes acoplarlo al lente principal (1x). El zoom intermedio (2x), como el que ofrece mi iPhone 15 Pro Max, es solo un recorte digital; no se trata de un zoom óptico real. También puede usarse con la cámara gran angular (0.5x), aunque esta no alcanza la calidad del lente principal.Y ahí está justamente la ventaja de este tipo de lentes: ofrecen zoom óptico real, en este caso de 1.7x, lo que además se traduce en un desenfoque natural si te gusta la fotografía de retrato, muy distinto al efecto artificial que generan los teléfonos.Eso sí, en video hay que tener precaución al grabar escenas en movimiento. La estabilización se pierde significativamente. Si ese es tu caso, será necesario usar un gimbal para mantener la imagen estable, ya que no tendrás la misma estabilización que ofrecen los teléfonos de gama alta.Para finalizar, el único punto débil no está en el lente, sino en su estuche: el cierre es de baja calidad, y si el lente no está bien acomodado, el estuche se abre y daña fácilmente, como ya me sucedió. Pero no le voy a quitar una estrella por ese detalle; en últimas, es el lente lo que interesa. Aunque tendrán que mejorar el estuche en nuevas versiones o nuevos productos que saquen al mercado.

I bought this for my wife's birthday. She has an iphone 15. The backplates for the iphone 15 have been discontinued. Why?

Love this lens !!

The image quality on this lens is genuinely impressive for an add-on—sharp focus, good light capture, and minimal distortion, even in low light. That said, as others have mentioned, it's exceptionally heavy and bulky ,and absolutely requires a 17mm thread backplate or cage to fit on your phone and stay there, which isn’t included and can be hard to source, especially for non-mainstream phone models. Without that setup, the lens is basically unusable, which makes this feel like an incomplete kit for the average buyer. I think they should include a threaded clip on attachment to let it fit a regular new-ish iPhone model if they're going to sell it at this price. It just makes it kind of hard to use out of the box. So the quality of the lens is good value but know you'll likely have to spend more to use it.

Very good product. Thank you.