ApexelHD Cell Phone Lens-28X Telephoto Lens with Shutter for iPhone Samsung,Huawei,Xiaomi,Android Smartphone,Monocular Telescope

After little success using a spotting scope with a flimsy phone holder, I have now gone the other way and acquired this scope and holder specifically designed for use with a phone. This little thing is rather astonishing. It is 28x zoom, and the clamp to mount the phone is much more stable than other clamps with spring action. So this is much more useable and you can move it around, without having to constantly realign phone and scope. The brand is Apexel, made in India, and I can genuinely recommend it. In the same line, they also have 36x and 60x (!) zoom options, but I chose the 28x version, as I fear a larger zoom, will limits it use too much. If they make a variable zoom later in this series, I'd be very inclined to get one, although I am sure it will be at a very different price (and yes, I am aware that they do offer some variable zoom options, but in different lines, and as far as I have found, they only cover less than 20x zoom, and they unfortunately also have the less useable spring action clamps). My current phone has a 2x optical zoom, so I can increase total zoom to 56x optical, which isn't bad! And my next phone will lin most likelyhood have even more optical zoom, so I may newer crave more zoom (but variable zoom would be nice). At the price this is incredibly good. The photos shows 1. the set-up 2. No zoom 3. 28x zoom from scope 4 56x zoom with the addition of my phones 2x optical zoom. The arrow in the photos point to my old flat around 350m away. Photos taken in/from my living room (photos do no show up in the order I added them, so numbering may be off, but you get the idea anyway I hope)

This is a bit fiddly to set it up on your phone, but is worth it for the picture. I have a Samsung s22 and the lens needs fitting over the main camera, on this phone is the middle one.The tripod I have works with it pretty well, although it can work itself loose. However, I think that's more to do with the tripod.The pictures themselves are of a reasonable quality. No where near the quality of a full size camera telephoto lens, but then again at this price I wouldn't expect it to.The photos I've attached show the same picture taken without this lens fitted, with it fitted and then with my phone's camera set to the maximum 3x optical zoom.Overall, I think this lens is very good value and well worth the money.

Really not worth the money. Won't fit on phone if you've got any kind of safety case (the screw on attachment doesn't open anything like wide enough), and the zoom level is so minimal that you can barely see the difference. The pictures apparently taken using it in this product's listing are very misleading.. The rubber seal came off the part that goes nearest to the phone, so I can't send it back - otherwise I would.

An excellent lens that is very well-priced and super easy to use. Absolutely love the telephoto zoom and quality of photos that I am getting so far with it.Update: added a photo to show my current setup where I usually have my phones (Samsung Note 8 and 9) on my tripod, and how this lens is attached. I like the fact that its clip can be tightened properly to hold it securely in place. Also attaching a couple of photos to show the quality of images with/without the lens, which were all taken from the same location and distance from the objects in question. In each of the comparisons, the images on the right side were taken using this lens. I am still working on finessing my technique in terms of getting the focus just right, but overall I am very pleased with the results!

This thing works...kind of.It is a 28x telephoto lens. Once you get the right fit on your phone, it takes very zoomed in photo's with as much detail captured as an object a few feet away from your camera (bar the odd slight curvature you get at the bottom of photo's), it's versatile, the inclusion of an attachable rubber ring to use it as a monoscope is thoughtful, and its fairly well built.Those are the perks and really, for the average person looking at something like this, you could pretty much stop there and ignore the rest of this. But you shouldn't, and here's why:For a good chunk of people that have multiple lenses on their phone's these days, this thing is INCREDIBLY fidgety and impractical. It took me an annoying amount of time to get the lens fitted to my Galaxy Note 10+ correctly and when I did, it was taking up a big chunk of the top corner of my screen, not to mention putting a worrying amount of pressure on the front glass once it was secured in place.Apexel didn't include a dedicated tripod to prop the lens up in this which, in my opinion, is a HUGE mistake. The camera is so sensitive to the slightest jitters and movements when it's focussing this far away that you can't reasonably expect to take any useable photo's while holding it, it needs to be propped up against something to keep it still. Even though I do have a tripod for my phone, I couldn't get it to stand up with the amount of weight added to the front of the phone with this lens on.And the problem is really, the setup is so fidgety and takes so long to get right that unless you do invest in a little tripod just for the lens, and you're not shooting a moving subject, I can see no reason to buy this.It's the kind of concept that seems great, and with all the right conditions, could technically add a lot more life and diversity to your otherwise fairly limited phone camera, but really just isn't worth the hassle and time of it all for something that, let's be honest, is going to get used for a few days and then maybe brought out again once or twice a year. And to make it worse, even when you do use it, you're always gonna have these annoying curves at the bottom of your photo where the picture is distorted from having two lenses.If you're the kind of serious photographer that's going to go adventuring (that's the only real use I can see for it as astrophotography wouldn't work any better than if I were just using my normal phone camera lens) you're not gonna be taking this with you anyway, you're gonna spend more to get a higher quality lens or just a proper camera.So really overall, I just don't see any point to this, I think the mistake of leaving out a dedicated tripod for the lens really let's this product down, but even then, when I did set it up right, I didn't see a difference in my photos that even justifies the £28 this lens cost.

I bought this for the lens, which works fine, although the clip doesn't really hold it particularly steady - I think it doesn't work so well with heavier lenses.Unfortunately the bluetooth button is in bits!I'm going to keep it as I need the lens - but it's a shame though.