Kenko Realpro Clip Lens 0.4x Super Wide

I have a Pixel 5 with an OtterBox. It doesn't really work when the OtterBox is on the phone. There's a slight reflection off the secondary lens, and it's hard to keep the lens lined up with the phone camera aperture.Without the case, it works perfectly. The clip stays out of the way. It's easy to focus. It shoots better when at 2x digital zoom and the onboard focus locked. Shooting at 1x produces a bit of an ocular distortion around the edges, as if with a fish-eye lens.It also works decently as an 8x monocular!

I bought this mostly so I can take pics of stuff while hunting. It works ok and definitely better than just trying to zoom in with my phone. The picture of the deer is at about 100 yards and my phone still has its case on. Taking the case off seems to help only a little bit. It takes some fiddling to get it aligned. It is no where near the quality of a better camera with optical zoom. But for incidental use, it's reasonably good as long as expectations aren't too high.

I first tried one of these add-on lenses for my cell phone a couple of years ago and the results were so bad I swore I would never use one again. That earlier model used an adapter that attached to the phone and then a variety of tiny lenses screwed in to it.Yes, as a professional photographer I have maybe a higher standard when it comes to any device that is involved with taking photos. But when I use my iPhone to take quick family snapshots or vacation pics I am not a photography snob. I am surprised and pleased at the quality of photos my phone can take and the reality is that the majority of photos I take with it are absolutely fine for social media, texting and emails. Some are even good enough for large-format enlargements.When I use my cell phone to take snapshots what I miss most compared to having a “real” camera with me isn’t a telephoto feature as much as a wide angle feature. I can almost always compromise the fact that I can’t get closer to a subject to zoom in on a distant object. But if the perspective I want to photograph is too wide for my phone’s lens, there isn’t a lot I can do about it. That is until I tried this Kenko add-on wide-angle adapter.I like the design of it. It’s all metal and there are no cumbersome adapters, just a clip that lets you mount the adapter over your phone’s lens.HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW1. You really can’t just clip this thing on and shoot. It is fairly sensitive to being positioned over the exact center of your phone’s lens, so you need to take the time to look at your phone’s screen until the picture looks right. For some that fussiness can be a dealbreaker.2. The adapter must touch the body of the phone and the lens has to be at the exactly right distance from the phone’s lens. That rules out using the adapter with most phone cases unless you want to take the case off your phone before taking a photo.3. Pretty much 100% of the advantage of using your cell phone to take candid snapshots is that it is always with you and ready to take a photo in seconds. Having to remember to take a clip on accessory, no matter how small, defeats the benefit of the convenience of using a cell phone camera.4. Because the adapter is wide-angle it has a close focus range, which means that dust on the adapter’s lens can result in huge black spots on your pictures. The adapter has to kept clean, which means not only carrying the adapter with you but also carrying the included case. You can’t just toss the adapter in your pocket and expect it not to get scratched and dusty. It will.5. The wide-angle adapter has quite a bit of vignetting and barrel distortion. It’s best when not used to photograph things with strong horizontal or vertical lines or details along the borders.6. This is actually TWO lenses in one kit … a wide-angle adapter and a close-up macro lensHELPFUL HINTS1. The design requires that the macro lens be mounted FIRST before attaching the wide-angle lens to it. You cannot use the wide-angle lens by itself, you must have the macro lens installed first.2. Because of what I just said, the best way to carry and protect the lenses is to have them both attached unless you think you will take a lot of macro pictures3. The seller seems to emphasize more that this is a wide-angle lens. I find that I can fudge my way around needing to get more of a scene in the photo easier than it is to focus extremely close to something. My phone only focuses about 20” away from something. Using the macro lens and I show in my sample you can focus right up to the surface of a tiny object. Beware that the focus range is extremely small when you shoot that close and it takes a steady hand to get a sharp picture.4. While having to carry a separate accessory can be considered a downside, the seller thoughtfully includes a metal carabiner clip so you can clip this lens accessory to something.One final note, there is no rule that you can’t use this wide-angle adapter on your front-facing selfie lens and in fact it works really well for taking selfies of a small group of friends with you. One nice thing about using it on your front-facing lens is that your phone case is not likely to interfere with clipping the adapter on and because almost all phones have smooth, flat fronts it can actually be easier to scoot the adapter around until it is properly centered over the lens.I like this adapter. It falls short of being perfect because it can’t be used on a majority of phones when they are in a case, and that using it isn’t as simple as just “clip and shoot”. But those aren’t severe drawbacks as long as you know about them upfront.

Set it up with my ipad If you don't zoom it will show the side of the lens. You must zoom in even more. Defeats the purpose for me.

Exactly what I needed. Few pieces, reasonable quality, decent results

It had a poor vision and did not fit my iPhone at all.

When I first got this product and saw how small it was, I had doubts as to whether the diameter of the lens would be wide enough to fit over both my phone's two lenses. It does work - however, you do have to fiddle with it carefully to fit just so. Keeping that in mind, this isn't a quick clip on for this particular phone, unless you're taking a selfie and using the front-facing camera. I'm already in love with my phone's dual lenses but the wide angle lens elevates my photos to another level. I cannot wait to use it for my next vacation and capturing more of the natural vistas. As I mentioned previously, taking selfies is also next level. If you've got short arms like me, and you're taking a group selfie, you will end up cutting some people out, but with the wide angle, that problem is solved.

As an upper level photographer I just had to try one out. Here is my review:1) has to be used in daylight. Use indoors or low light only magnifies the noise pixels.2) must be used with a support device: monopod at the very least, tripod even better. At higher end magnification it amplifies hand shake / movement.3) has a tendency to slip to the side of the phone camera lens causing vignetting. Has to be checked throughout usageThose three things aside, its seems to have decent build quality for the price, and under the conditions outlined above, I was rather impressed with what it could do. It's nice and handy to throw in a camera bag, and have handy for when someone does not have their actual camera kit on hand.I coupled mine with a small table top tripod I already owned, with a tripod phone bracket I purchased off Amazon a few months back, and it makes a nice set up.