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Mini Macro Lens

Hey guys, little review again this week.  A few months ago my fiancée got me a small, clip-on macrolens for my phone. 


It has 3 modes; macro, supermacro and fisheye. I haven't been using the fish eye very much but the two macro lenses are great for taking images of my 3d prints. It's super easy to use, it just clips over the phone camera, with kind of a clothes peg type arrangement. It has a thin layer of foam on the inside too prevent damage to the phone. 


The lenses screw into the peg, with the macro and supermacro (as I've named it) being a two part lens. With both parts together you get a standard macro effect but with the smaller part on its own it real zooms in and allows the phone to focus on close up detail. 


Here are some photos using the various modes ;



Seems a bit 'fishy' to me...

Now as it was a small gift, I don't know how much it actually cost but if you look online you can find very similar lens kits for not a lot of money. 

If you're going to be taking photos of small objects and/or 3d prints and you only really have a phone camera to work with I can definitely recommend picking one of these up as it allows the camera to get so much closer to the subject. 

Thanks for reading! See you all next week.

Troez.

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