Best Lenses for Android Phones

The Android market is getting bigger and better. And with that, comes some more powerful mobile phone cameras. However, we all know that these cameras can only take you so far. You can’t change the lenses your Android phone has, but you can add some of the best lenses for Android phones. These will offer you more flexibility and the chance to get some even more impressive shots on your phone. Not only that, these lenses are still very portable, meaning you won’t feel like you’re slugging around excess gear.

The Best Lenses for Android Phones:

1. Xenvo Pro Lens Kit
2. Angfly Camera Lens Pro Kit
3. Mactrem Phone Camera Lens Kit
4. CoPedvic Phone Camera Lens Kit
5. Todi Phone Camera Lens
6. Anazalea Lens Kit
7. Viewnow Lens Kit

1. Xenvo Pro lens Kit

A single kit for all practical photography purposes. The Xenvo Pro lens kit contains a TruView 0.45x wide-angle lens, a Clarus 15x macro lens, TruGrip lens clip, GloClip mini, plus rechargeable LED lights and other accessories.

For those of you who may worry about the quality of these lenses, they come with a lifetime warranty so you can rest assured that you’ll get good quality gear that is durable.

Now let’s take a look at the lenses in this kit. The 0.45x wide-angle lens is perfect for capturing a wider field of view. You might want to use it for architecture or landscapes. This lens will give you a greater scene coverage from a closer distance than you would have to be to get the same coverage with your standard phone lens.

The 15x macro lens adds some real fun and a new dimension to your smartphone photography. It’s this kind of lens that you really can’t get on a smartphone, even with the latest models. And macro photography is really fun and creative. With this lens you can enlarge subjects and get stunning close-ups.

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2. Angfly Camera Lens Pro Kit

If you’re looking for another highly-rated smartphone clip-on lens, the Angfly lens kit is exactly that. Similar to the above kit, this kit also contains both a wide-angle lens as well as a macro lens. And another great thing is that this lens is compatible with most smartphones on the market.

The overall quality of the lens is very good. The lens glass is of high quality and contains an aspherical element to suppress aberrations. This gives your images enhanced clarity, reduced glare, and higher contrast.

The wide-angle lens captures 100% extra when composing. That means you get to capture a lot more than what you would be with the traditional built-in lens.

As with the Xenvo lens kit discussed above, the real fun in shooting with a clip-on lens is using the macro attachment. And the Angfly lens kit does not disappoint in that regard. The macro lens is able to capture a life-size reproduction of small subjects, which is a big thing.

When it comes to macro photography the ability to focus from a close distance and the ability to produce life-sized reproductions on an imaging sensor is what differentiates true macro lenses from the wannabes. And in that regard, the Angfly macro lens focuses from a distance of only an inch.

3. Mactrem Phone Camera Lens Kit

For those of you who want lots of options when it comes to your Android phone lenses, the Mactrem camera lens will not disappoint. Offering a total of 9 lens variations in the set, this really is the best lens kit in terms of its versatility.

The 20x telephoto lens takes the optical capacity of your lens and gets it beyond the standard zoom boundary. It greatly enhances the capacity of your lens to shoot distant objects with precision manual focusing.

The build quality of the lens is also above par. Instead of plastic, the lens is made out of aluminum alloy.

There are two reasons to feel happy about buying this kit. The first one is the macro lens, and the second one is the fisheye lens.

The 205-degree fisheye lens gives you an amazing view of the world around. With this lens alone you would be able to make some really interesting images.

Then you have the 25x super macro lens. If you ever wanted to get close to your subject and capture really stunning unique perspectives of your subject this is the lens that does it.

In terms of compatibility, this lens should work with most of the latest Android phones as well as some slightly older models.

4. CoPedvic Phone Camera Lens Kit (Currently out of stock)

This is yet another smartphone lens kit option. This one comes with a 22x telephoto lens, a 0.67x super wide-angle lens, a 25x macro shooter and a 205-degree fish-eye lens. The fun comes when you use the 25x macro lens because that’s when the true potential of the lens is realized. You can get literally within just a few inches and make stunning compositions.

The 205° fish-eye lens is impressive and produces that stunning rounded look that you would normally associate with a proper DSLR fish-eye lens.

Build quality is quite impressive. Aircraft-grade aluminum has been used to manufacture this lens and it is capable of surviving some amount of rough handling.

The lenses in this kit are all compatible with the latest smartphones.

5. Todi Phone Camera Lens

Sometimes you don’t want too many lenses or too many units that keep tumbling inside your bag and you never use them. One or two versatile lenses is more than enough. For those minimalist shooters, this kit comprising of just two lenses is the answer. One is a 120-degree wide-angle lens and the other is a 20x macro lens.

The 120-degree lens allows you to capture scenes like sweepings vistas, architecture, the interior or homes, and so on. It is, however, not a true fish-eye lens. But the effect is no doubt very interesting.

The construction of the lens is very nice indeed. Aspherical elements have been used in the construction which takes care of spherical aberrations, improves contrast, and enhances color saturation.

The wide-angle lens as the name suggests is for shooting architecture, landscape, and stuff which requires a large field of view to capture the scene. A major issue with a large number of wide-angle lenses, and that includes even DSLR lenses is that they tend to display signs of vignetting. The Todi phone camera lens has very little vignette, if any.

The super macro lens that you get focuses from an extremely close distance of only ½ inch. And with the 20x zoom you can produce stunning images of all things around you with a completely different perspective.

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6. Anazalea Lens Kit

This smartphone lens is designed by Schott Optical Glass which is a German-based company. The design mimics that of a flower bud. There are actually two lenses in this kit. One is a 0.45x super-wide-angle and the other is a 15x macro unit. As you can imagine the macro lens is not as powerful as some of the other macro units we have listed here. But it sure does the job. The fun bit is the super wide-angle lens.

Taking a closer look at the 0.45x super wide-angle lens, this can really work as your go-to lens for shooting wide landscapes, panoramic scenes, and even group photos. Optically, the performance is stellar with little distortion and vignetting.

A quick word about the macro lens. This lens is designed to work from a minimum distance of 1 to 1.8 inches and gives superb close-up shots of small stuff, like the typical creepy crawlies that abound in the backyard, rings, watches, coins, etc.

In regards to compatibility, the Anazalea lens fits on most of the recent smartphone models. Always make sure to double-check it will work with yours before ordering!

7. Viewnow 4K HD 7 Camera lens kit

Viewnow’s kit is made for macro and landscape shooters who shoot with smartphones as their primary camera system. The 15x macro lens allows you to get close to your subject while the wide-angle lens shoots almost distortion-free landscapes, architecture and interior shots among others.

The construction of the lens is composed of aircraft-grade aluminum. This gives the lens unit increased strength. 7 coated optical glasses have been used. This is done to prevent ghosting, reflections, and flares that plague most other lenses including wide-angle DSLR lenses. The lens also has a suppressed corner blackening (vignette). In other words, you wouldn’t face the issues of the corners of your frame getting dark.

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But the best thing about the kit is the LED macro light. This is probably the most interesting thing about this kit. As a macro photographer, you would often encounter a situation where the source of light is behind you and that means you are likely going to block the light. The LED light comes in very handy in such situations. And to make things sweeter the LED light comes with 6 different brightness settings.

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