It took me a month of fiddling with both my mirrorless camera (Panasonic Lumix G85) and my mobile phone (Samsung S8) to come to the conclusion that “mobile phone” macro-photography is the way to go for a casual hobbyist like me – hence the title Mobile-Macro. And why is that so? Simply because I don’t need …
My Vivo X60 Pro Note : This review is only on the Vivo X60 Pro camera’s super macro mode. It has many other modes. On 1 Aug 2021, I took a calculated risk and got myself a Vivo X60 Pro mainly because of the Super Macro mode. Most user reviews I read had given the …
My collection of Lensbongs I’ve seen the word “Lensbong” being bounced around so much, mostly used in Indonesia and India. But I never really asked what’s the meaning until one day, when someone asked me. So I googled around and this is what I found. The word “lensbong” in the context of mobile-macro simply refers …
2 friends and I bought this lens to try out. We bought it from Shopee – seller was in Malaysia but the lens, when it arrived, was actually shipped from Indonesia. It’s a very good lens for the price I paid ($16.61). The biggest flaw is that the cover tends to get stuck on the …
The clip of the Prosumer Lensbong that I bought from Apexel India was starting to get loose. It wasn’t very tight when I first bought anyway. I was wondering whether it was possible to change to a new clip and where I could get one. I texted Apexel India and they confirmed that the diameter …
Ulanzi CapGrip This is a great phone holder to use. The Bluetooth shutter button turns the phone into a proper camera like what we know, thus making it easier to snap and to hold. The CapGrip is made of 2 parts – the grip/holder itself and the Bluetooth shutter button which is slotted onto a …
Phone heats up very quickly I am quite alarmed by the heat generated after I have taken many shots with my S8. I’m not sure if other phones have the same heating problem. What I do to over come this is to bring along a slightly damped small towel. I’ll wrap it around my S8 …
Post-processing simply means touching up your photos. So if you read about post-processing being done, fear not – it’s a complicated phrase for a simple task. What do you do after you’ve selected your good photos amongst the hundreds you’ve taken from your morning’s walk? You will need to make some tweaks to these photographs, …
Great. You’ve got your lens. What’s next? Well … I’d say frustration and satisfaction. I must qualify that in the next few paragraphs, what I’m discussing is mostly in the context of insects and mushrooms, two of my fav subjects. My personal preference is to shoot insects because I find them so fascinating, and so …
This was the first macro lens that I bought from AliExpress. It was more of a gamble as I had no idea which were good and which were not. The reviews about it were pretty good but then again, reviews are rather subjective. And my assumption is that anything less than S$10 can’t be that …
Like you, I was lost when it came to buying macro lenses for my phone. There are so many to choose from, especially in AliExpress where I bought mine. The price range also varies but I must say that even the most expensive is still affordable. There are all kinds of mobile lenses that are …