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Up on the review block today I've got a
little macro lens from USBFever.com that can be used with anything that has a small lens like an MP3
player, phone or even your netbook or laptop and the hand held style
video cameras. It's an interesting little gadget, and it does work
well to help focus on the macro level. Read on to learn more..
Product
Name: Magnetic
/ Detachable Super Macro Lens for iPhone / Cellphone / Camera
Author: Kristofer Brozio
Sponsor: USBFever
Tech
Specs,Features or the Basic Info:
Magnetic
/ Detachable Super Macro Lens for iPhone / Cellphone / Camera
Product Code#:UFAE001258
Price: US$13.99
Features:
- Portable and detachable, you
can take photo with your device at any time
- Use it as a Close-Up Lens,
you can use this conversion lens to have close-up pictures
- Strong: Made of top-grade
Aluminuim
- Applicable to any devices
with camera interface suitable for a washer of inner diameter 9.30mm
/ outer diameter: 12.90mm
- You can use this conversion
lens to make the object away from your camera as close as 10mm
(effective distance 10mm~23mm)
How to attach the Lens to your
device?
- Attach the Lens directly to
the device cover (front of Camera)
- use the Magnetic washer with
self-adhesive tape (if you cannot attach directly to the device
surface)
How to use?
- Device + Lens (applicable to
some device only)
- Device + washer + lens
(applicable to ALL devices)
Specifications (Wide Angle):
- Super Macro
- Lens Construction: 1 element
in 1 group
- The shot distance is between
10~23mm approximately
- Dimensions(main body): 15.8mm
(diameter) x 6.5mm (length) approximately
- Dimensions (magnetic washer):
13.06mm (outer), 9.38mm (inner) approximately
- Weight: 2.0g (main body)
Applications:
- Taking pictures in a very
short distance.
Suitable for: (Please have a
reference to the dimension of the Lens and Rings)
- iPhone 4 (or 4G)
- iPhone 1st Gen / iPhone 3G /
iPhone 3Gs
- iPod Nano 5th
- HTC Phones / Blackberry
- NDS DS-i
- Notebook / Netbook (eg. Mac /
Macbook / eee-pc / laptop)
- Mobilephone / PDA /
Smartphone...
- Degital Camera (for example:
kodak Zi8, kodak Zi6, kodak playsport Zx3)
Package Contents: (as showing
in the picture here)
- Magnetic / Detachable Marco
Lens x 1
- Lens Cap (plastic) x 1
- Detachable Magnetic washer x
2
- Keychain strap x 1
A
Better Look at Things:
The Macro lens comes in a plastic
pack:
 
Included in the pack is the lens,
two metal rings, a plastic and a metal lens cover.
 
 
The plastic lens cover that was
included didn't fit the lens, oops on the packaging mistake. The
other cover though is just a metal plate that clips onto the bottom.
 
Installation,
Testing and Comparison:
For installation on the iPod nano
5th you'll need to attach the metal ring first with the adhesive on
it, simple to do.
Then you just set it on there and
the magnet takes over and holds it in place very well. You will have
to center it on the camera for a good view for the lens though, just
shift it a bit.
Once it's on there it sticks out
quite a bit so it won't be going back in any case. I also tried
putting it in a silicone case with just the ring attached, it fit but
very, very tightly and the ring moved a bit actually.
 
So how does it work?
The
nano 5th doesn't do still pictures so I had to do a video, I tried to grab a
couple still frames from it but they're not great, but you can get an
idea of before the lens and after:
 
Here's the actual video for a
better example of how it works. I cut the sound out as my kids
wouldn't be quiet for me, but you don't need much sound to just see
the lens going on and off and see the differences.
So there's the video of it in
action, it works fine.
Summary
and Comments:
So as you can see it works fine,
but I'm not sure I'd actually use it with the nano as I keep mine in
a case and I really don't take videos with it.
I guess it's a neat little gadget
if you're into things like this....
You can of course use it with
really anything that has a little camera on it like a cell phone or
even a netbook or laptop or maybe even a webcam or the little flip
style cameras as well.
So it can be a useful little lens.
DragonSteelMods gives the Magnetic
/ Detachable Super Macro Lens for iPhone / Cellphone / Camera a 4 out
of 5 score.
Pros:
+Easy to use
+Seems well made
+Really works
Cons:
-Wrong sized lens cover came with
it
-Can't use case most likely with
metal ring attached
-Kind of pointless really
review# 667
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the review, we do not, never have, and never will, accept payment
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