APEXEL 100x Phone Micro Lens with LED Light for Smartphone Macro & Microscope

This thing is really, really cool. I got it for my daughter and I to play around with. We just use to look at random stuff and see what it looks like. Some things might surprise you. You have to use you phones zoom to get a really high magnification picture, and it can be difficult to see things due to the fact that you have to be a certain distance from the thing you’re looking at and it’s hard to hold the phone still while you’re doing it. If you have kids, they’re gonna love this thing. It’s just such a neat little tool for playing around with for fun or even serious projects. I was surprised by how well it zoomed. I have an iPhone XR and it did take a bit of adjustment to get it on just right, and my case, an Otterbox Defender, is a little too big to work correctly with this. But with the case off it fits and works well. My daughters iPhone 12 Pro Max has a smaller case and it fits much better with the case on. But due to how her cameras work together, it was useless past 2.5x zoom. All you’d see was a blob. I’ve only had it for a few hours, but so far my assessment of this magnifier is it’s a little on the expensive side. But worth it if you want to use it for fun or serious projects. I don’t like having my phone out of its case. So that’s a drawback for me. But I could probably buy a cheap case for use with this. This has a built in ring light with rechargeable battery. Battery came out of the box completely drained. Took a couple hours to charge. I left it sit for about 2 hours and it was done when I got back. I might add some pics to my review later. Like I said, it’s kinda tough to get a steady image and I want to try and get some good pics. If you have a Pixel or a phone with a really good camera, the images will probably look incredible. My XR, the pics look ok at best when zoomed in fully.

Doesn't work as advertised. The moment you have it over any of your lens, the one not covered turns on. Not usable.

My students loved it.

Good little toy, easy to slip on a phone... Works on the front camera too, but would be better if it had a glass plate at the focal length to set stuff on so you can see it with your eyes while it's being magnified and whatnot, imo. Sliding Cover protects the lens on the outgoing side, but the lens on the phone side is unprotected... I printed a small 3d printed case that works good to keep it from collecting dust... Yay for $0.18 3d printed cases... Boo for lazy businessmen not bothering to do their best. Image quality is good if it's got a fairly flat/even plane to focus on. Magnification level... Turns the "WARNING" on a Bic lighter sticker from normal to a full screen N... then you can digital zoom further with the phone. Solid built... has soft rubber/plastic on the part that touches your screen so it doesn't scratch it. LED sits where it covers my phone's LED, and is kinda dim in comparison... bright enough though... And it doesn't eat your phone's battery up since it has its' own rechargeable battery pack.

this does get clear close ups slightly better than with my iPhone 15 alone, but requires A LOT of fiddling to get it situated correctly on the camera and has a very small/narrow focal field - usable for stationary macro photography, but a struggle for any moving objects. I find it’s nice for macro photography, like a pinecone or moss while on a walk, but very hard to use for trying to take pictures of my Neocaridina shrimp

It is a good value for your money! It is certainly not a professional (look into a microscope and see microscopic things) but is certainly entertaining. Our kids find it fascinating to see things magnified and they can learn to look at the world in a different way. Very easy to use/install. It takes some tweaking, but the quality is good.

A few years ago I purchased a 60x lens for my phone and it had a "cover" around the lens to diffuse light so it illuminates the subject evenly. While the "cover" allowed to position the lens at a suitable distance from the subject, it was not worth using since it still cast harsh shadows. I was intrigued by how the Apexel 100x microscope had a ring light around the lens to illuminate the subject evenly. As seen by the photos, it did a remarkable job illuminating the subject. These photos turned out quite good for being handheld, rather than having my phone mounted on a tripod. You can even see the reflection of the ring light on the droplets of "dew" at the end of the hairs of the sundew leaf. The 100mm microscope comes with a nice short cable to recharge the built in battery to the light. It has a slider which slides off the lens and the light turns on automatically. Then, you can slide it back on the lens to turn off the light. It also is designed to work with a phone case on there, at least one of the cases which go up to around level the height of which the phone lenses protrude from the phone. One thing I do however wish it included a clip designed for thinner cases, or that could be tightened on there. Nevertheless, I was still able to take impressively close up shots as seen with the photos I included with this review.

Item is made of very cheap plastic. The clip will absolutely break if used long enough. It's a very tight fit on an iphone; you end up having to squeeze hard plastic edges over your camera's built-in lens with quite a lot of force. I put a permanent scratch into my camera's lens. I would strong recommend avoiding unless you have an old phone and don't mind getting some more scratches on your lens.

Para lo que promete , se quedan muy corto . No es fácil instalarlo en mi IPhone. La imagen que se obtiene no es buena . Fue barato pero no cumplió lo prometido .

Excelente

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Lo pongo en la cámara del móvil y enfoco hacia lo que quiero aumentar y el resultado es perfecto, para cosas diminutas aumenta hasta verlo claro.

Works very well