Customer Reviews

3 in 1 Camera Lens Kit for Apple iPhone 4 iPad (Fish Eye Lens, Wide Angle + Micro Lens)

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I bought the 3-in-1 lens for an iPhone 4, and have to say that it was a disappointment. It doesn't make sense to me that the manufacturer would advertise this product with the iPhone 4, creating the illusion that it is compatible with iPhone 4, when it's not. In order to attach the lenses to the phone, you have to stick a magnetic ring to your phone, and this ring actually covers up the flash on the iPhone 4. This would be fine if it was a temporary magnetic ring that I could take off when I'm done with it, but it seems to be permanent. The one good thing I will say about it is that the lens quality seems quite good.

Very disappointed because I bought this as a gift for my husband and wanted him to be able to use it right away. We will be returning this product and trying out the ollocip:[...] A co-worker has the olloclip and she really likes it. I wanted to try this magnetic one first because it seemed easier to take on and off, and the olloclip is quite a bit more expensive, but the flash cover-up is a deal breaker for me. Olloclip also states on its site that it doesn't use magnets in its lenses because the magnet actually interferes with iPhone functionality. Well, if this is true, it's another reason to stay away from the 3-in-1 lens, I guess.

Another thing: the manufacturer of this product is a Chinese or Taiwanese company, so the instructions are really difficult to understand.

I lost my Photojojo macro/wide lens, so in ordering a replacement I decided that I'd both order a brand that seems to be Photojojo's OEM as well as an extra fisheye lens for comparison.

It appears that these are almost exactly the same as the lenses that Photojojo is selling. The only difference that I see is that the lens coatings on these lenses have a different color sheen (glare reflection off the front of the lens, not any actual tint in the light coming through). My guess is that this means that the revision of the product that you get here vs Photojojo is probably just slightly different. The fisheye lens that I got here also was lacking a rim on its rear magnetic cap but this isn't a huge deal. (It just means the cap comes off more easily.) See the customer images for an image of what I received, with notes.

One of these two lenses, I don't remember which, came with an additional special adhesive mounting ring for the iPhone 4(S) that doesn't cover the flash LED like the standard ring. They both came with extra rings as well. Unfortunately I don't know if you can depend on one of these iPhone-specific rings being included as they seem to have been added at some point in the product revision, so it probably depends on whether you get an older or newer version of the lenses.

The wide angle x0.67 lens works well with slight vignetting on the corners on my iPhone 4S, and it has the expected barrel distortion but seems to lack much spherical distortion (which would result in out-of-focus edges if it were more prominent).

The fisheye also works well. On my iPhone 4S (and probably the other iPhones) the corners of the image are "chopped" off, but this is rather typical for a fisheye lens especially a cheap one for devices that weren't even designed for additional lenses.

It is supposed to be possible to use these with some/most cases by adhering the mounting ring onto the camera lens hole on the outside of the case, but I haven't tried this myself.

I only received two out of three lenses, the fish-eye and the wide angle. This is not compatible with iPhone 4 it covers the flash. Its a good lens, just advertised for the wrong phone.

These lenses are so useless, it's funny.

They require an iron ring to be glued around the camera lens: the special lens magnetically sticks to it. Other reviewers have had problems with rings that obscure the iPhone flash, but mine came with two rings per lens: one perfectly round, the other with a notch in it that accomodates the flash on my iPhone 4S just fine.

However:
- The ring (which is 13mm across) is almost certain to get in the way of any case you might like to put on your iPhone

- Much more importantly, _it does not stick_. It slides around. It comes off. Half the time, the ring ends up obscuring the flash because it's spun and slid around the back of your phone and the notch is no longer lined up. The other half of the time, it just _falls off_. The special lens sticks to it just fine, but since it won't stick to your phone, it doesn't matter.

I don't expect to get any use whatsoever out of these.

These are great additions to any half decent camera phone. High quality, strong magnets, although did have to use the smaller magnetic ring on my Evo 4G. Great buy for anyone, except maybe those with an iPhone since I hear it covers the flash.

I really like this, the fisheye is cool but I haven't used the others. After about a week, when I would take the lens off, the metal ring would also come off my iPhone 4s. So after it got loose, the lens would slide around when I was trying to take a picture. Trying to find something that will keep the ring on permanently but won't hart the iPhone. There was a little cutout in my ring for the flash.
I would rate it higher if the ring would stay on; great for the price.

Do NOT purchase from this seller. The product you receive will NOT be what's pictured. You will get a late package with missing parts and the parts you do get will not be of the same quality seen in these photos. A friend of mine has these lenses and they are awesome!!! JUST DON'T BUY THEM FROM LONG DEALS or you will be out money and very disappointed with a crappy garbage product.

This product does not work for the iPhone, at all. Not only does the lens cover the flash, but also the "magnetic" force is not strong enough to hold the lens to the camera at all... I was very disappointed with the product but was able to return it.

I am very disappointed in this product. The small ring that is supposed to stick to the iPhone is bent and does not adhere. The advertising photo shows multiple rings, only two were included in the packaging. It is advertised as a 3 in 1 Camera Lens Kit for Apple iPhone 4 iPad (Fish Eye Lens, Wide Angle + Micro Lens) there are only two lenses in the kit. The instructions sound as if they were written by a first grade American student. Finally I received notification that it left the manufacture facility on December 8th; however it was not scanned by the Post Office until December 14th, this leads me to believe that it did not ship from the manufacture facility on the stated day.

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This came with ONE lense that is NOT even marked!! It is AWEFUL!
I am including a video of exactly what came in the mail. What a massive dissapointment!!!!!