NEEWER 18mm HD 100° Wide Angle Lens for 17mm Thread Lens Backplane, 0.5X Magnification Compatible with SmallRig NEEWER iPhone Samsung Phone Cage with 17mm Lens Adapter, Compatible with Sandmarc, LS-42

Great for photographing micro minerals
First impressionsAttaches easily to the lower lens of the IPhone 12 Pro Max’ three lens setup. Needs an iPhone case with a 17mm mount to hold it in place. Comes with a nice zippered storage case, lens cloth, and USB charging cable.Since it is fixed focus, you need to get right on top of whatever you are photographing and the iPhone lens zoom setting that it works with has an effective range of 1x to 2.4x. Going beyond 2.4 or less than 1x triggers the use of the iPhone’s other lenses and does not work with the Neweer lens’ position over lens number two.It should work fairly well on micro mineral specimens that have been trimmed down to a relatively flat surface area—it will not focus down into vugs however and the interaction between it and the iPhones focusing lag takes some getting used to.The built in light ring has two illuminating settings and works well.It was on sale over the holidays for under $35.A bargain for exploring the often unseen feature of your micro minerals! especially if you cannot yet afford a digital or binocular/trinocular microscope

DOES NOT WORK WITH iPhone 15 Pro Max
No matter what you try and do, you cannot get a clean focus with this lens. It is blurry every single time even if you use a different app for taking pictures the iPhone refuses to work well with this lens absolutely positively you will never get a clear picture with this lens it is a waste of time it is clearer picture if you just use digital zoom past 5X – I uploaded a photo of Standard 5X photo and then one with this lens and you can see the lens completely destroys the image

Totally fun way to expand your cell phone photo taking
I purchased this Neewer 45X lens to use with the NEEWER Pixel 8 Pro Phone Cage which provides a number of plates that push into the cage over the Pixel 8 Pro camera lenses. This allows the use of various lenses specifically designed for cell phone camera lens enhancement. The Neewer 45X lens has 17mm threads that can use the spot over the primary 50MP lens on the Pixel 8 Pro.I like the macro lens on the Pixel 8 Pro, but it cannot provide microscopic imagery like this Neewer lens. And be aware that the Neewer is definitely not a macro lens, you have to put the lens right on top of whatever you are photographing. Light is provided by a high or low setting ring light around the lens itself. Charging is USB-C.I think it takes fantastic photographs, and when you start looking for things to take pictures of it is always amazing what you can see in common items. For me, I started taking photos of clothing and carpet fibers and fabrics. I love this lens. It provides a whole new way to use my cell phone camera.

Very Poor Image Quality
Even in the center the images lack detailed even at 50 Mpix. It gets worse fast outside the center.The field of view is exactly what I like about fish eye lenses but the poor quality makes it a toy for a 7 year-old.

Llegó a tiempo, para ajustar el lente al smartphone imprimí en 3D el adaptador y funciona muy bien, enfoca bien e incrementa al doble la imagen, también permite tomar imagenes en primer plano y el fondo con blur

Dieses Objektiv kann man problemlos an das Cage von Neewer anschrauben. Das Cage gibt es für verschiedene iPhones genau passend. Im Lieferumfang ist ein Reinigungstuch und ein USB-C-Kabel. Man kann den Ring, der zur Beleuchtung dient, somit direkt aufladen. Der Vorteil liegt auf der Hand, das iPhone kann nun die beste Kamera für extreme Nahaufnahmen nutzen. Der qualitative Gewinn an Bildqualität hat mich überzeugt.

I have a proper camera setup for macro, but this is so much easier and I can carry it with me on walks. Just remember you have to get the correct fittings for your mobile phone model.