![]() IZZi’s Orbit Pro ($230) takes a different approach. IZZi Orbit Pro: All-in-one convenience, with limitations If you goof, you can flood the case, ruining your phone. Optrix includes a half-dozen O-rings you’ll need to ensure one is securely installed before screwing in a lens. Beware: If you’re taking this rig underwater, you’ll need to exercise care. (Optrix reports that in the future, the PhotoPro X kit will contain the wide angle lens in lieu of the fisheye.) Image quality is good, but not great, trailing the Olloclip in overall sharpness. And there’s a variety of additional lenses available as well, including a super wide-angle lens that’s well on its way to being a fisheye-parallel lines noticeably curve under its gaze-and a 4X telephoto. Our test kit came with four lenses: a 2X telephoto, a fisheye, a macro, and a polarizer, all of which fit in an elegant, rugged case. The watertight case affords you access to all the device’s controls, including the Home button, volume controls, power, and touchscreen. The case is waterproof to about 30 feet, which means it’s safe to use while your phone is in the rain, on a boat, or even snorkeling underwater. What do you do when you’d like to use a variety of lenses on your iPhone… underwater? You’ve really only got one choice: It’s time to gear up with an Optrix PhotoPro X: For your underwater iPhone adventures Photojojo offers a great value-you get a lot of lenses for $100-but the image quality is only middling. And the super fisheye lens is so heavy that it is only barely supported by the magnet – more than once, I moved my iPhone too quickly and gravity pulled the beefy lens off like a bottle rocket. ![]() You’ll want to make sure the lens is centered properly before you start shooting, as the magnet doesn’t always align the lens perfectly. It’s a clever way to temporarily attach lenses to your phone, but it does require you to semi-permanently adhere a metal ring to the front of your phone. They all affix via the same magnetic ring. Photojojo sells a total of five lenses, available individually ($20-$30) or as a set ($99): a fisheye, super fisheye, 2X telephoto, a combo wide angle/macro, and polarizer. After that, you can pop any of the lenses on with a satisfying dink, as the magnetic base of the lens grabs on. Affix it to your iPhone (centered around the camera lens) and wait a half hour or so for it to set. Photojojo Lens Series lenses come with a tiny magnetic ring and adhesive on one side. Photojojo takes the prize for the most innovative solution (and one sure to befuddle We’ve seen no end to the way add-on lenses can be added to the iPhone: screw-on, bayonet-mount, even affixed carousel-style to the case itself. Photojojo Lens Series: Magnets are cool lenses not so much It’s a unique feature among iPhone add-on lenses. ![]() It’s too bad there’s no telephoto lens option in the base kit-though you can pick upĪ separate telephoto kit for $100 on the company’s website-but if you’re a close-up fanatic, you’ll really appreciate having two different macro magnifications. But the image quality is among the best of the lenses we tested, rivaling the iPro with good sharpness throughout. Given the modest design (and price) of the Olloclip, you might not expect much. Olloclip has the strongest macro lens available for the iPhone, but no telephoto magnification. To save space, the Olloclip has lenses on both sides of the clip: You get a wide-angle or fisheye lens, depending upon which way you point the kit, and unscrewing the wide-angle lens reveals a macro underneath (at both 10X and a 15X magnification). (The company does make its own custom plastic case if you like to protect your iPhone and use the Olloclip regularly.) There’s no case to mess with this lens adapter simply clips over the top corner of the naked phone-though as a result, you can’t use any sort of case while using Olloclip. Olloclip ($70) takes the prize with its brilliant 4-in-1 lens kit. ![]() Olloclip 4-in-1: Your best value, but no telephoto Compare, for example, any of the fisheye lenses: Fisheye is hard to do well, and iPro came the closest to DSLR-quality results. When compared side by side with images from the other lenses in this roundup, iPro was the sharpest. Specifically, the lenses are made with Schneider Century optics, a staple in the film industry, and the quality is obvious. Notably, iPro is the only company that calls attention to its glass. You can also purchase additional lenses, such as a powerful 4x tele and a 165-degree wide angle. The basic Trio kit ($229) comes with three lenses: a 2X telephoto, a super-wide angle, and a macro lens.
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