most people don't know that the lenses on your phone aren't just lenses they're
more like completely separate cameras each with their own image sensor so if
you've ever experienced lackluster performance from your phone's telephoto
or ultrawide cameras it's probably because they're equipped with smaller or
lower resolution sensors with slower lenses that capture less light that's
where the idea of products like this come from if you put an accessory lens
over top of your main shooter in theory you get the best of all worlds creative
flexibility and a higher quality image without the
bulk of a traditional camera but most people do know it's going to take a lot
more to convince me that this can replace
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accessory phone lenses are nothing new and they've gotten a lot more refined
over the years these feel great they're really quick to swap and they're really
conveniently sized compared to normal lenses but there's a problem at a cost
of a hundred and twenty dollars each for these wide and telephoto lenses
they really need to outperform my phone's stock cameras can they be
justified actually yes but it's complicated here's our first photo of
downtown vancouver's olympic village starting with the ultrawide on the
iphone stock and the 18 millimeter moment lens on the iphone's primary
shooter at first glance they aren't that different the field of view is different
which causes the perspective to change a little bit like how the bridge looks
shorter in this photo once we punch in though the story changes a bit and we
start to see one of the benefits of an external lens setup like this our moment
setup definitely delivered a better result dark parts of the scene
demonstrate the better dynamic range of the main shooter and the image isn't as
soft as the iphone stock ultra wide it's particularly noticeable in the back
buildings where the lines on the stock ultrawide start to become mushy while
they remain relatively defined on the moment lens setup to see if this result
can be replicated for cheaper we also grabbed this 45 zenvo lens from amazon
for starters it's really finicky to place compared to the phone's case twist
system on the moment no matter where i put it i got heavy vignetting every
single time which gets old fast and even if it fits your phone better there's
also a shocking amount of distortion towards the edges of the frame
to be clear the moment lens isn't perfect in this regard either but it's
so much better than this generic clip-on i'll focus just on stock versus moment
for the rest of this video on to the telephoto lenses the first thing that
stands out to me here is how amazing apple's deep fusion has gotten this 65
millimeter shot looks great in comparison the 58 millimeter moment
setup is a touch wider at first glance and seems
not as punchy it's hard to tell exactly what's happening here until we zoom in
and wow the supports on the buildings look so
much more defined on the stock telephoto and i had to double check if the moment
setup was out of focus it wasn't
what a plot twist of course this could be a one-off let's see how we do in an
indoor scene this is a very challenging shot due to the beam of sun coming
through the window and once again the stock telephoto was clearly the better
performer i don't even have a good explanation for how much worse the
moment setup is here except to guess that maybe something about using an
accessory lens interferes with apple's auto exposure once again multiple
attempts didn't really improve the capture quality much at all the moment
ultrawide lens on the other hand was a much stronger competitor sort of Linus
and i both found the image noticeably warmer which isn't a big problem it's
just something we noticed and as for clarity
it's a little complicated at the edge of the frame this lobster sign above the
cast register becomes illegible with the moment but look at these nuts in the
center of the frame apple's ai sharpening is clearly compensating in
the stock photo while the moment setup retains a much more natural look up to
this point it feels like the moment lenses can deliver better results but it
can end up working against apple's own multi-shot compositing and ai cleanup
fascinating for sanity then we moved on to a note 20 ultra to compare the
results in this photo of a statue our 12 megapixel stock ultrawide did a pretty
good job retaining detail in the shadows and has overall minimal fringing even on
difficult objects like our flagpoles as for the moment this is what it was made
for the main shooter on this phone is a whopping 108 megapixels
so when it face planted i was shocked i'm not trying to be mean but this isn't
great this lens flare is one thing but the fact that it's
orange is another and we got this weird blue fringing on the edge of our statue
detail-wise i can find places where it's a little sharper than the stock if i
looked for them but considering the 9x increase in pixel count and the fact
that the object is optically closer i'm not calling that a w
and here's the notes telephoto versus the 58 millimeter moment lens attached
to the main camera i think the stock lens edges a win here it's tighter to
begin with offers better detail and has less ghosting overall some people might
not like how noisy and processed it looks compared to the moment setup but
to my eye it's worth the trade-off for the additional warmth that we've now
confirmed comes from the moment lenses and the bokeh here is not the most
appealing and yet for some reason this video is
not over yet that reason is video look
at this in this darker lit studio scene you can see that the ultrawide camera on
the iphone is significantly worse than the primary shooter with the 18
millimeter moment lens the stock image has a lot of unpleasant looking noise
and lacks sharpness which is especially noticeable on the spinning globe and
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and this same scene on the telephoto tells a similar story with the noise and
overall detail improving dramatically on the moment this seems to confirm our
theory about deep fusion or other multi-shot compositing techniques
working against a clip-on lens setup like moments the thing is
no lens setup especially one for a hundred and thirty dollars is optically
perfect and no hand is perfectly steady so when you've got multiple shots that
need to be combined for better dynamic range or sharpness the moment's
imperfections can end up multiplying themselves video by nature doesn't lean
so heavily on these kind of processing techniques double checking on the note
20 ultra the ultrawide and moment 18 millimeter are honestly very similar in
performance here there is a minor difference in the dynamic range of
taran's shirt on the note's primary shooter with the moment lens but even
punched in 200 noise and detail are very close so i
don't know if it's worth the price but at least it's functioning as intended
giving me additional shooting options on the telephoto end the 58 millimeter on
the primary camera is a bit wider than the note stock telephoto detail wise
they are again quite similar but i will give the edge to the moment setup with a
slightly more pleasing bokeh it adds the background of this shot however if range
matters more to you than the stock telephoto on the note wins here the last
and most interesting lens moment makes for video is their anamorphic this is
the one i'd personally use the most out of the bunch because it's the one that you simply can't replicate from a stock
camera on any phone for those unfamiliar anamorphic shooting allows you to shoot
ultra wide cinematic footage with a standard aspect ratio sensor see i could
shoot ultra wide like this but then i'm giving up valuable resolution so instead
i could use a lens that squeezes the image while i'm shooting then i can
unsqueeze it in post or if you're lazy
or want the convenience moment has a 10 app that includes an on-the-fly
d-squeeze so you can preview your work immediately this lens is a little bit
more expensive at 150 dollars but this is exactly the kind of thing that can
add a lot of cinematic fun for future jj abrams who want to play with lens flare
so in conclusion if you're the kind of person who makes a lot of videos on your
iphone i can see the moment lenses or something similar potentially being very
useful to you but for everyone else the stock ultrawide and telephoto on the
iphone and other phones in its class are likely all you need unless you need more
in which case your money is probably better spent on a decent secondhand body
and a basic lens which this is not even if it's less convenient to carry or
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you guys for watching let me know in the comments down below what you think of the moment lenses do you use them have
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