Moment debuts 8 new iPhone lenses as part of T-Series overhaul

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• Reply 1 of 6

  robin huber Posts: 3,964member

  August 16, 2023 5:06PM

  I used to buy Olloclip attachment lenses, but as Apple kept updating the camera externals they quickly became unusable. Then they started making the mounting changeable so all you needed was to replace that, not the glass. Ultimately it just became too much of a hassle, and besides the iPhone camera itself kept improving to point that it really didn’t help for my purposes. Ultimately Ollo saw the handwriting on the wall and closed up shop. I’m surprised others haven’t also. 
  

  
• Reply 2 of 6

  melgross Posts: 33,510member

  August 16, 2023 5:26PM

  I have a bunch of different lenses for my iPhones. Over the years I’ve bought Zeiss and other brands. For a number of reasons, while the magnification, both plus and minus, works as advertised, the quality is always less than the built-in lenses. The fact is that these are at best, moderate quality. They can never improve the quality, just lower it. It’s similar to a converter that sits behind a lens. The resulting quality is always worse. Front mounted lenses are the same. 

  
  

  Lens alignment is always an issue here. Nothing is mounting to the built-in lens itself. It’s a plastic case, or an aluminum mount. But it’s never quite right. Then, designing a lens to go over another lens results in a mismatch. How can you design the optics to work properly? In the “old” days there were lenses that came apart. You could use one, with the mount, by itself, and then attach the other to the front for a different focal length. This was before actual zooms came out. But the quality was never good, even though the two parts were designed as one.
  
  i’ve stopped using third party lenses on my iPhones. I would really have to see some trusty, reliable tests before I’m willing to add to my drawful of collected third party iPhone lenses and cases.

  edited August 2023
• Reply 3 of 6

  LuvMacs Posts: 7member

  August 16, 2023 9:20PM

  Finally, Moment has admitted that their M-series lenses are not compatible with the larger sensors of the current generation of mobile 'phones. 
  
  

  Following launch of the iPhone 14 ProMax they claimed, using photographs that many suspected were digitally modified, that the M-series lenses continued to work, no differently than with the previous models. 
• Reply 4 of 6

  mpantone Posts: 2,040member

  August 17, 2023 12:07AM

  Another major issue with these aftermarket clip-on optics is the fact that render the other lenses unusable. 
  
  They worked fine when the iPhone only had one rear lens. Those days are long gone. I believe the iPhone 7 Plus (launched in 2016) introduced a second lens.
  
  Like Robin I bought an Olloclip but stopped when I replaced that iPhone. The camera modules have gotten better too and as mentioned earlier, correct alignment was very difficult. I'm not surprised to hear Olloclip exited the market.
  
  But hey, if you're a social media influencer and these accessories get your posts more "likes", good for you and Moment.

  edited August 2023
• Reply 5 of 6

  baconstang Posts: 1,108member

  August 17, 2023 2:43AM

  I tried these back in 'the day', but quit using as Apple changed things just about every year as to render them unusable.
  Now if there's any chance I'm going to be shooting more than an occasional snap, I just bring my Canon with me.  Just as easy to carry as all this crap.

  
• Reply 6 of 6

  oadbylad Posts: 6member

  August 17, 2023 1:47PM

  I felt pretty burned by MOMENT with claims for the past few years that their lenses were still compatible with current iPhones, when they were clearly not. Couldn't think of a worse time to launch new lenses, right before a new phone comes out. Could have MOMENT claiming once again how awesome they are with the iPhone 15, when they are not.