APEXEL Smartphone Macro Lens Kit Review

APEXEL Smartphone Macro Lens Kit Review
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This is a macro lens accessory kit for Smartphones. Although it mentions the iPhone 15 in the Amazon listing title it should work with almost any smartphone out there.

In the box you get the 100mm macro lens itself, the camera Clamp, a USB charging cable, a spacer set, a semi-rigid carry case, and a user guide. Build quality all seems fine with nothing looking likely to fail anytime soon.

Looking in more detail at the kit, the lens has a 17mm mounting thread to the clamp and also an exterior thread to the front but we are not told the size. The lens is made from metal with optical glass elements and feels like a serious piece of kit. The clamp is made from plastic but feels well constructed and robust with a fill light of 40 small LEDS around the front. On the front are two buttons to control the LED lights, one for brightness and the other for Off/On and colour temperature. There are three colour temperature settings between 2700-6500K and three levels of brightness. On the top is a USB-C charging port for the built-in 350mAh Lithium battery, on one side is a cold shoe mount and on the other a standard tripod brass mount. To allow for phones with extruding lenses a padded spacer kit is included. The carry case supplied with the set is again well made and offers a decent level of protection for storage and field use.

Operation is simple enough. Fit the phone into the clamp with the circular aperture facing forward and over the lens. You can move the clamp up and down for height and then carefully slide the aperture panel to the side to position the hole exactly over the phone camera lens. Then carefully screw the lens into position. Use the buttons on the clamp to adjust the fill light to how you need it.. You can then just use your phone camera in the usual way.

I have used other simpler macro lens kits before, including others from Apexel, but this one feels the best made and features the fill light accessory, which could be essential in some circumstances to avoid shadows cast by the phone's casing. At £49 this is around twice the price of the cheaper rivals but I think it is worth the difference.

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