Apexel Telephoto Lens kit, 4 in 1 Cell Phone Camera Lens, 12X Telephoto Lens + 198° Fisheye Lens + 0.63 Wide Angle Lens + 15x Macro Lens, Clip-On Lenses for iPhone 8 7 6 Plus, Samsung Smartphone

I purchased this item so that I could take better photos with my phone. This product did not disappoint me! In the 5 pictures, the first 3 were taken from the same distance, roughly 10' away. The first is what my normal phone camera took. It's clear but distant as I was testing this without zooming at all. The second picture is at the same distance as the first picture but using the zoom lens in this kit. It zoomed in very nicely and gave me a clear image. The third image is using the wide angle lens, not zoomed in at all. Nice, crisp, clear image with great depth. The forth image is the macro lens. I'm very impressed with how clear this photo is for how close it was taken. The fifth image is the fisheye lens. This is a fun lens to have and provides a clear image. While the zoom image is not crystal clear, keep in mind this is a lens that clips on a phone and is not a professional, high end camera lens. I can say the only things that could make this better would be lens caps to cover all ends of the lenses (2 exposed on the smaller ones) and a carrying case for all of the pieces instead of the small bag. Over all, I don't feel the lenses will suffer or get damage due to them being small and a storagw bag is provided. Overall, I gave this 5 stars because it is a fun set to put in your purse or pocket that can provide you with some nice pictures on the go without carrying a big and bulky professional size camera and lenses. The price is good as well! *The black dot on some of the photos is covering a company logo as I didn't notice it before taking pictures. It is not from the lenses!

So I got this hoping to get a way to turn my iPhone 7 plus into a telephoto lens for the upcoming solar eclipse (I'll be using NASA approved filters). But when I got this I was immediately disappointed. The "handy" bag only fits a few of the lenses. The stand and telephoto lens and the clips do not fit. The second alarm bell went off when I was reading the directions. They are worded as though English is their second language. That's not a good sign of quality. Then I tried out the lenses. The macro? Not at all. Fish eye. Sure. Wide angle. Not so much. But for the reason I got this kit, the telephoto lens. I've added pictures to illustrate just how terrible this thing is. It's too heavy for the clip so it slides off the lens easily. That means you won't be adjusting X power without causing the lens to slip. At every magnification power my phone wouldn't focus. This isn't a phone issue, it's a terrible lens issue. When I did get it to finally focus I took these photos. Two are with the lens and one is with my phone's internal digital zoom. Can you tell a difference? The slightly clearer picture is the iPhone 7's camera at 10X. It's just as good, if not just slightly better, than this joke called lens kit. I'm looking for a better kit now.

While the concept of this is really great, it just isn't all that practical. You cannot use this without the tripod and if you want the image to not be blurry at all, you really have to use the timer option so that you have absolutely zero movement. It works, without a doubt, and is better than the zoom on my phone camera, but it is incredibly finicky to line up and keep still. The little tripod that comes with it isn't great, but the mounting bracket easily fits onto a standard tripod. For someone who just wants to mess around, not spend much and isn't concerned much with quality or the need to have something work fast, this is fun. A little work and several minutes to set up, but fun. It is absolutely no replacement for a good digital camera and zoom lens for anyone that is more serious about their images. Attached are a comparison between the standard zoom on my phone and then with the lens in place. You can see the quality is much better than the camera zoom, but it is not high quality. Both are taken indoors from about 20 feet away.

I bought this kit to record the eclipse w/ the telephoto lens, and it worked pretty well after taping the film from a paper set of eclipse glasses to the front of the lens. The telephoto lens worked OK on my LG G3, but it was hard to focus the lens w/o the clip sliding around. It worked much better on my nephew's iPhone. The tripod is a kind of flimsy, and I had to tape the extendable legs, so they wouldn't slide back in. However it did hold my nephew's large, heavier iPhone and kept the phone still.

pretty flimsy stuff. If you have a protective backside cover the telephoto lens won't sit properly. So do you really want to take off the protective cover to use this lens? No, I didn't think so. I'm giving this to my 9 yr old nephew as the lenses might be fun to play with.

Totally exceeded my expectations. For $20 I understood this might be a throwaway purchase, so I was shocked at how well these worked. I purchased this kit specifically for the telescopic lens, and was really pleased how clear the image was using the lens. I was worried it would be blurry. The other three lenses are also great quality and seem durable. I've attached some pictures I took this afternoon. I turned the auto focus off on my camera and had better results. I'm using a Samsung S7 and the clip holds on well when I remove my case.

Upon removing the telephoto lens from the package, the front popped off and plastic parts went flying. It's impossible to keep the lenses centered on the camera lens. They edges always show up in the pics. This is barely high enough quality to go in a happy meal.

These lenses are a lot of fun. They are well made and make the camera even more useful on my phone. My only complaints being; The vignette shifts from side to side while using the fisheye, taking video and there is a lot of lens flare when taking stills with the same lens. I also found the tripod to be a little flimsy but I got this for the lenses and not the tripod. However being able to use th mount on a standard tripod does make up for it.