Can This Make Me Go Back to iPhone?

I made only two shots that make me want to switch back to the iPhone. Recently one company that's making lenses for phones reached out to me and said they have an upcoming lens set for iPhones. And the only thing they included into their email, well actually two things, two photos. One photo taken with the iPhone portrait mode and another photo taken with their telephoto 60 millimeter lens. Well after seeing this I was like okay send it my way. Not because of the dog no, but because I'm a fan of lenses and cameras and cinematic images. Well without further ado let's see if these lenses are any good. Let's go. The distortion gets really funny here. Let's see. It looks like a laptop. Big letter S here it's for Steven. I'm shocked you guys made a whole box for me. I'm just joking it's probably because the brand is called Shiftcam. But keep in mind guys Shiftcam told me that this is like an influencer box for review. The product that everybody's going to get once they order it is going to be a little bit different. I'm not sure what it's going to be like but either way I think the lens is more or less going to be the same except for I have here like prototypes. Let's open it and it's way too many lenses. Way more than I expected. It's just a whole lens set here. Okay so what we got here. We have 75 long range macro lens. We have 60 millimeter telephoto lens. 16 millimeter wide angle lens. 10x traditional macro lens. 200 degree fisheye lens. And I'm going to be using this whole system with iPhone 14 pro which I'm going to be borrowing from my wife. Oh feels just perfect. You know I'm a boomer now when it comes to iPhones. Right now I think that S23 Ultra has superior camera but I think with all these lenses probably it's going to be worth using iPhone again. But I'm not so sure. Let's test it. Guys I guess Shiftcam did not give me the case. You just have to carry the box. Yeah I guess this is gonna be our carrying case for today's video. Let's go outdoors. You see I have big portable case right here. The installation should be pretty easy I think. It's just the thread you know you just put it in here like this. A couple of turns. All right and here is the first problem that I faced. The iPhone automatically switches to the macro mode which we have to disable like this. And now we have our wide angle lens. Well it looks good I think. Let's take the first shot. Now we go into the super wide angle lens. And this is the vertical shot. And also I tried to use this wide angle lens on the X1 camera for videos. And for standing shots like this it looks decent. However once I'm trying to move and making steps back and forth. You see right now this is what I just captured with this phone. You see the image is not as smooth. And that's why I took with me a gimbal. All right guys I'm looking at the footage right now. And yeah you see and now we're starting the movement. It looks very good. We get a little bit of parallax action. And you see how heavy the flare is. On this note that was attached in the box. I read that the flares in the future version will be less prominent I guess. Okay let me know what you think about this image quality. If you would use it for vlogging like this. And see what others think down in the comments below. And we are switching to the next lens. I want to capture some portrait shots. Let's go. All right guys now I have the telephoto lens. This is 60 millimeter. You can use it on X1 camera. But also you can put it on the X3. And if you do that in that case this lens actually makes the whole iPhone system work like S23 Ultra with the super telephoto zoom lens. Let me show you. Okay so you see this is the X3 camera. It looks very nice. Yeah but we can go even closer than this with digital zoom. And you see I'm very close right now guys. Although I have to say the shake is very prominent right now. If you film it with X1 camera the image is really good. There is optical blur. It just looks better. However there is a catch. If you use it on X3 camera. Well in that case the shake is really prominent. And you're better off using this lens on a tripod. And some can say well Steven cinematic mode is also available on the phone. Well you see cinematic mode gives you artificial blur. And this one is optical. This shot is made with this 60 millimeter lens. And this one is the cinematic mode. You see even though shift cam allows us to use this lens on the telephoto camera. However on the iPhone in the stock app if I switch to the telephoto mode. Well I cannot use it because the LiDAR sensor is covered with this lens. Yeah and you need to go to a third-party app. And only then you can activate like this. You can switch between the lenses. This is X1 main camera. And this is 3x telephoto lens. And in that case you get extended reach. And it's really amazing how much further you can get your shot. And I think in that case if you want to get similar results to the S23 ultra. Then you definitely need a tripod or monopod. So you can hold your phone still. And you see we can even reach people on the other side of the river. It's crazy. Just for a quick comparison guys. This is the field of view you get with regular X1 camera. And then if you install this lens. This is the field of view that you're getting. And then if you install this telephoto lens on the 3x camera. This is the field of view. All right guys that was telephoto lens. Now I'm getting hungry. Let's go find something to eat. And also test at the same time this fisheye lens. Which I think is the best looking lens out the whole set. I'm not sure about the image it produces. We have yet to find it out. So let's go find some food. Hey guys so this is the fisheye lens. You see the wide perspective. And let me remove this lens. So you can compare it to the X1 main camera. You will see in just a moment how it looks. Well you see not so good. So I think it's a very special lens that you have to use on special occasions. Not for everything. It's best for vlogging. It's best for filming or taking photos of architecture in tight spaces. I think it's good for that kind of shots. We got some fog on the lens. Now let me show you my travel cinematic kit. I think that besides the lenses the most important part is the lighting. This is why I'm using this new Molus light. So it's plenty powerful and very portable. It's actually so powerful even at one percent that I had to use a napkin to diffuse the light a little. While filming this sequence I realized that my favorite lens from this kit is the long range macro lens. This lens can only focus up close to this object. So when it's paired with decent lighting it becomes an amazing combo providing unique perspective. So here is the result. Using this lens takes a little bit more of hassle. You have to use either a tripod or a monopod in order to keep everything stable. And also you have squeezed footage which you have to de-squeeze either once you shoot it in a third-party app or in post. So I'm just giving you a heads up. It's not that perfect. Like you installed this lens, you're ready to go. You need to work a little bit in order to get this footage done. But once you completed all of this, you de-squeeze the footage, you got your lens aligned. In that case you get really nice image with character. You see with this lens it's very important to align the lens with the horizon so you don't have any weird distortion. Let me show it to you. So you see sometimes when you touch the lens it can tilt like this a little bit and everything becomes weird. So you have to always make sure the horizon is leveled on this lens. Which is really easy to forget sometimes when you're filming and traveling at the same time. You just touch the lens a little bit, you tilt a couple of degrees and in that case you get these weird distortions. Alright guys as you see this is the ideal scenario for the X3 telephoto lens. You put your camera and phone on the tripod and then you get this beautiful framing. And if you want to come in really close then you can even digitally zoom in and get that close to your subject. However I still think that the Galaxy is superior in terms of handheld footage. If you want to get that extra reach it's just out of this world. The stabilization out of this world. With this setup you have to use a tripod, you have to use a monopod. I just want to be very transparent here guys. Even though they come really close in terms of how far you can reach with the Galaxy and with the iPhone 14 Pro with this lens. They're very similar I think right now. But if you want to film handheld footage in that case S23 Ultra will be superior because it has that beautiful image stabilization. Here I have to use a tripod or monopod or something that keeps the phone without any movement. And another thing that I just noticed. If I want to darken the ND filter because it's VND you need to rotate it like this. But in this way I rotate the whole filter and the whole lens everything at once. Distortion gets really funny here. So you need to somehow manage to hold the lens maybe like this and only then you can rotate the filter and get your exposure right. So that's just something to keep in mind. I don't know who designs app and camera apps for iPhones but it's horrible. I know guys I told it already in my previous video where I compared the iPhone 14 Pro to the S23 Ultra but I'll say it again. iPhone's interface is crap compared to the Samsung. Because Samsung offers all the manual controls right inside the phone without any problems. You can switch between cameras, between any settings. But here on the iPhone you have to purchase third-party apps and I do not like it. And you know I have to say that after filming in different locations, in different scenarios, different lighting conditions I have two favorite lenses. One is of course, can you guys guess which one? Yeah it's the Longreach macro lens. I am amazed with the image quality it gives. Okay and another lens is the telephoto lens that you install on the X1 camera. I am amazed with the image quality and I do love the bulk it gives. Have a look it just looks amazing. So it's my go-to setup if it was up to me and you need my advice. Yeah these are two of my favorite ones. You know I think many people are confused. They think if they buy the latest phone or camera accessory then they will get maximum quality. When in reality you also need lighting, set design, think about how to position your props in the frame, camera angle of course and then you sprinkle on top a lot of practice. And only then when you combine all those elements together you can improve your image and get the results you want. Just keep on working, keep on experimenting, getting your quality better and with each project, with each photo. Just improve it by a little bit and then at the end of the year you'll become better and better and you'll impress yourself eventually looking back at your own works. Okay thank you so much for watching. If you have any questions drop them down below as always subscribe and meanwhile make sure to watch one of these videos because I think it will be perfect for you and I'll see you there. Bye-bye. Okay before getting some food I have to have to fold my tripod but by the way the images already you've seen with the fisheye lens how do you like it? I think it's uncomfortable close