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A new meaning to ‘tele-photo’

Posted by Haje Jan Kamps

tele-zoom.jpgMobile telephones start having better and better phones - most of them are currently between two and three megapixels, and the vast bulk of them even have digital zooms on them. But what about optical zoom? Well, not a lot of that, yet…

At first, I shunned cell phone cameras, but after I bought a decent-quality Sony Ericsson with a 2mpx camera, I’ve actually used it quite a few times. Quality still leaves something to be desired, but some times it’s better to have a bad photo than not to have a photo at all.

Now, it seeems as if the accessory companies are warming up to the idea of camera phones, with a series of telephoto lens attachments for cell phones. Tele-Phone, meet Tele-Photo…

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The units are made by Brando, and are available for sale right now.

Itching to get in close with your cameraphone? Check out this telescopic lens attachment, which turns your Nokia or Sony Ericsson into a zooming machine. Slightly more conspicuous than just snapping off a shot normally, the lens pops onto the back with a mount, and gives you up to 6x optical zoom.

Find out more, and see some example shots, check out Esato, Digital Lifestyles, and over at Gizmodo UK.

The lenses are available from Brando.

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Posted in: All articles • 19 Dec '06

Insights, suggestions and comments

By Guilherme Zuhlke O'Connor on December 20th, 2006 (permalink)

Hi, nice info.

Just a little correction, I think that by

“Mobile telephones start having better and better phones”

you meant

“Mobile telephones start having better and better cameras”

By G on April 4th, 2007 (permalink)

LOL. These accessory companies are crazy. They help to create more bad photos.

By Dave on December 17th, 2008 (permalink)

That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen. Just buy a Sony Alpha A900 digital camera and BE a photographer instead of the wanna be James Bond gadget lense.

 

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