Moment 58mm Lens
“The Best Lens For Your iPhone, Pixel, and Galaxy” Moment
Moment have just announced their new 58mm telephoto lens.
The Moment Tele 58mm is their “newest, sharpest lens. The first telephoto lens designed for the latest iPhone, Pixel, and Galaxy phones, the Moment 58mm is sharp in every corner.”
With this new lens, you will be able to capture 4x on a dual lens phone for a natural 200m look and 2x on a single lens phone for a more traditional 100m zoom.
The new lens will be about $10 more than the previous 60mm, but they say the six element design is the most glass they’ve ever put into a Moment lens.
Moment say:
“We designed the 60mm Tele for the iPhone 5s, so it was not designed with the newest phones or dual lens phones in mind. It’s aged into a lens that gives a great vintage look and works well for artistic shots and portraiture.
The new 58mm Tele has been completely redesigned from the ground up. Taking everything we’ve learned about the latest and greatest smartphone cameras, we’ve optimized the optics for the new larger sensors and higher image quality devices such as iPhone XS, Google Pixel 3 and Samsung Note 9.”
As the new lens is only just out, I couldn’t find any video tests. However, there were already a couple of stills shoot tests on YouTube (although one of them was Moment’s own promo).
A telephoto will of course give you a more shallow depth of field. It will also allow you to get closer to your subject without invading their body space, as has happened to me on a couple of smartphone shoots.
We’ll have to wait and see how this lens looks when used for video. Until then here is Moment’s teaser.
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