HDFX 360 Smart phone lenses: Anybody have experience with putting these lenses on your phone? Claims ( of course ) are that they turn your smart phone into a DSLR. Right. But how well...

finalimage Loc: Brattleboro, VT

Anybody have experience with putting these lenses on your phone? Claims ( of course ) are that they turn your smart phone into a DSLR. Right. But how well do they work? On sale for big discount today.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

finalimage wrote:

Anybody have experience with putting these lenses on your phone? Claims ( of course ) are that they turn your smart phone into a DSLR. Right. But how well do they work? On sale for big discount today.

They are using a LOT of poetic license.......
They are just diopters that you put in front of the camera.
They will not work well if you have the phone in an Otter Box as the lens is designed to be RIGHT in front of the camera (qv. take the phone out of the case for best results). Centering them over the camera may take a test shot or two. They kinda work.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

finalimage wrote:

Anybody have experience with putting these lenses on your phone? Claims ( of course ) are that they turn your smart phone into a DSLR. Right. But how well do they work? On sale for big discount today.

I've read articles that this lens is going to make DSLR cameras obsolete.
--Bob
8-)

Capture48 Loc: Arizona

finalimage wrote:

Anybody have experience with putting these lenses on your phone? Claims ( of course ) are that they turn your smart phone into a DSLR. Right. But how well do they work? On sale for big discount today.

Personally I wouldn't waste my money. Will they help your phone shot RAW, or increase pixels. Will they allow manual setting of aperture. It's a gimmic .

Wilderness Images Loc: Apache Junction, AZ.

Capture48 wrote:

Personally I wouldn't waste my money. Will they help your phone shot RAW, or increase pixels. Will they allow manual setting of aperture. It's a gimmic .

They're for real! The "Smart Lens" does not use the phone's camera, it uses the phone for it's smart display and memory. The two devices have to link up via NFC so they're communicating with each other, then the phone's screen is showing you what the lens is seeing....
http://www.sony.com/electronics/cyber-shot-compact-cameras/dsc-qx100

Capture48 Loc: Arizona

Wilderness Images wrote:

They're for real! The "Smart Lens" does not use the phone's camera, it uses the phone for it's smart display and memory. The two devices have to link up via NFC so they're communicating with each other, then the phone's screen is showing you what the lens is seeing....
http://www.sony.com/electronics/cyber-shot-compact-cameras/dsc-qx100

Very interesting, still looks like they are going after a speciality market. Also does not seem to be any user settings, it's all auto

Nelson.I Loc: Monument, Colorado, USA

finalimage wrote:

Anybody have experience with putting these lenses on your phone? Claims ( of course ) are that they turn your smart phone into a DSLR. Right. But how well do they work? On sale for big discount today.

They may be of a higher quality than the typical smartphone add-on lenses; however, the sensor size on the phone remains the real obstacle to any claim it turns a phone into a DSLR. However, there is the allure that you won't feel it necessary to carry around 40 lbs of stuff and a $400 tripod.

And the sale price of $56 is much closer to an appropriate price. WTH - give it a shot. I'm thinking about it.

Nelson.I Loc: Monument, Colorado, USA

rmalarz wrote:

I've read articles that this lens is going to make DSLR cameras obsolete.
--Bob
8-)

I suspect so. In the same way Kodak Brownies did.

Nelson.I Loc: Monument, Colorado, USA

Nelson.I wrote:

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And the sale price of $56 is much closer to an appropriate price. WTH - give it a shot. I'm thinking about it.

Damn, I did. However, watch out the But wait! offers are tricky and intentionally designed to trip the buyer up. Look for the tiny gray No thanks I'm not a complete fool links below each big Yeah I'm a complete fool link.

Note, I did infer I'm not a complete fool... so, no snide remarks. M'kay?

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Wilderness Images wrote:

They're for real! The "Smart Lens" does not use the phone's camera, it uses the phone for it's smart display and memory. The two devices have to link up via NFC so they're communicating with each other, then the phone's screen is showing you what the lens is seeing....
http://www.sony.com/electronics/cyber-shot-compact-cameras/dsc-qx100

The OP is not talking about this type.