APEXEL Professional Macro Photography Lens for Smartphone Macro Lenses

For the price, I am not sure that you could get a better accessory for macro photography with the iPhone for the price. The photos that I have attached were taken with the iPhone 15 Pro Max using Halide with the APPLEPRORAW setting in macro mode with auto-focus. Other than the processing that would be done on the phone with those settings, I made no changes to the photos myself except for cropping. These photos were taken on the day I received the lens and in cloudy to partly-cloudy conditions. Note that the ants and smaller bees in these photos would be measured in cm not even mm. The brown-belted bumblebee is on swamp milkweed flowers, the furrow bees on purple cone flower and hawkweed (Heriacium sp.), and the ants on clustered mountain mint and lace-leaf coreopsis. The ones on the mountain mint were absolutely tiny. As you can see from the photos, the clarity and results it produced were great. I am just a guy with an iPhone and a large to medium sized native plant garden. I don't have any experience or training as a photographer let alone in macro photography. I am having an absolute ball taking photos and documenting the insects and plants in my garden and I am sure I'm already annoying my wife showing her every tiny little bug or new discovery about the plants. I have no idea, for example, that the tiny flowers on clustered mountain mint had small purple spots on them. If you enjoy taking pictures of small things with you phone, you will absolutely love using this lens. I am also not sure you can beat the price. I was a bit skeptical about using this but now I can't wait to try some other lenses. Do keep in mind that you will probably have to remove your case. I am not sure if they sell a phone case that is compatible or not.

I’m a nail tech and I bought this macro lens to take better close-up photos of my work — and I’m honestly impressed.The difference in detail is amazing. It captures every tiny detail very clearly, which is exactly what I needed for nail photography.I attached a photo — these nails are actually 3 weeks old, and the lens still shows everything very clean and sharp.It’s easy to use and works great with my phone. Definitely worth it if you want to improve the quality of your close-up shots.

Worst product ever .

It’s great when you get it into focus. It’s really tough to do so on my iPhone. I’m not sure if it’s user error or the lens, but it gets really blurry making those already tough to get shots, tougher. Once you can get it clear though, it’s great to have! This clip is what I got my first time using it (needing much more practice)

I'm lowering my rating. I am very pleased with the lens quality. However, there are rubbery pads on the clip that are glued on with a gummy adhesive that is extremely heat sensitive. In only moderately warm conditions, the pads slid off the clip and left behind a sticky, gummy surface. I'm afraid that with time, this will transfer to the lens. The pads on the clip need to be glued on with a better adhesive.Original review: I've been wanting to try a Smartphone macro lens for some time, but couldn't find one that would work with an Otterbox case. I have an old iPhone 6 Plus, and taking the Otterbox case on and off isn't practical. I bought this since it said it could fit my phone. It does, with a caveat. While the clip can hold onto the phone case, the lens doesn't lie flush. I tried using packaging tape to hold the end of the clip down, but it wasn't strong enough. Then I tried a heavy-duty rubber band, which came with my produce. That does the job, and I can leave it on the phone for convenience. As with most macro lenses, the entire image will not be in focus. Most images will still need to be cropped, but I do this with most of my pictures anyway. I'm including some pictures taken with the lens. All were taken by hand. Often I just set the bottom of the phone on the ground and then leaned it toward the object being photographed. The largest spider is incredibly small, about the size of a small sewing-pin head. Behind her you can see a smaller animal, which I didn't even realize was there. It was the size of a pencil dot on a piece of paper. Another photo shows a spider alone. This tiny creature was bigger than a pencil dot, but still quite small -- an sixth of a pin head? A different picture shows a basil leaf, and one can even see the pores. Very happy with this purchase. As long as the clip hold up, I'm good.

A bit of a learning curve and had to mess with some camera settings on my phone but after that I loved it. Got it as a quick way to take some pictures of my little Norma Mae 🖤

I use this for my invertebrate collection, I have an iPhone 12 and this little lens works beautifully. You just have to make sure it’s aligned properly over the correct camera and you’ll be able to take some fantastic photos with it, definitely worth the price.

Absolutely blown away by what this great little lens can do!! 100% worth the money , well built, super easy to install/use, pic/lens quality is absolutely brilliant too

Muy contento con la lente Apexel para móvil. Es muy fácil de colocar y utilizar, y mejora bastante las posibilidades de la cámara del teléfono. La calidad de las imágenes es muy buena para el tamaño y el precio que tiene, además de ser cómoda para llevar a cualquier sitio. Una opción genial para hacer fotos diferentes sin gastar mucho dinero. ¡Muy recomendable!

Tutto perfetto,prodotto come da descrizione

Très bien. Il faut juste trouver le moyen de ne pas bouger en prenant la photo, sinon caler le téléphone. Mais l'objectif est parfait et s'adapte très facilement. Merci.

Zero stars, it was terrible. It doesn’t work! I’d actually like to return it

As fotos ficam lindas e detalhadas. Tenho o IPhone 11. Só é preciso achar a distância e o foco corretos, pois a área de foco é pequena. Pelo preço achei a qualidade ótima, estou muito satisfeita com a compra!