High-performance smartphone lens "Moment" making full use of cinema camera lens technology

Because photography with smartphones became easier, it enables shooting with higher image quality and higher performanceSmartphone lensAlthough it came out, existing lenses can only take center beautifully, distortion will occur at the edges of the photo, so that you can shoot clearly every corner using lenses and assembly techniques used for movie shooting It was like "Moment"is.

Moment
http://momentlens.co/

Moment - Amazing Lenses For Mobile Photography by Marc Barros - Kickstarter
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/584288471/moment-amazing-lenses-for-mobile-photography

You can see how you are using Moment and how you are developing it from the following movies.


Moment is a real lens for pocket-sized smartphones. It is the size to pinch with your fingers.


Usage is simple and easy to stick to your smartphone.


Then you can take beautiful pictures by powering up smartphone cameras just by taking pictures just like normal camera shooting.


This is the founder of momentlens.coMarc BarrosMr.


The operation of conventional cameras is complicated, and the size was too large to say "convenient to carry".


With the spread of smartphones, it became possible to take pictures with the cell phone you wear all the time, and opportunities to take pictures on a daily basis more than ever, but then you will want to take pictures beautifully next time thing.


Many mobile lenses that can be attached have been developed in the past, but many things can only be photographed beautifully at the center of photographs, distortion occurs when moving to the edge of the picture, the image blurs There was also one.


So momentlens.co uses the same parts as cinema lenses to film HD film movies,One by one manuallyAssembled the lens, made lenses that can conveniently carry and high quality photographs.


According to momentlens.co, it was the world's first time to use high-end lenses for mobile lenses.


It is a multi-element lens with high-performance broadband coating, which is characterized by no distortion in photos.chromatic aberrationSince it does not cause a misalignment in the image, it is possible to take clear photos. In addition, the diameter is slightly larger than existing lenses for smartphones in order to shoot well from the center to the edge of the picture.


There are two kinds of lenses: a wide lens (Moment Wide) and a telephoto lens (Moment Tele).


When seeing the two types of lens from the side, you can see that the shape is completely different.


It seems that the following actually shoots with that. To iPhone without Moment on ... ...


I will install a lens from the side.


By attaching a lens called Moment Wide, it became possible to shoot a wider range.


Let's compare the feeling of use of each lens. First of all, it was photographed by a normal iPhone which is not wearing anything.


Next is a wide lens.


telescope lens.


Pictures taken actually are as follows. This was taken with the Moment Wide attached to the iPhone 5.


Below is a combination of iPhone 5 + Moment Wide.


Combination of iPhone 5 and Moment Tele.


This was taken with Moment Tele attached to iPhone 5s.


In order to make it easy to carry and mount, we tested prototypes considering weight, shape, convenience, etc. and observed "how people carry around and use it on a smartphone?" The result I was born is the current Moment design.


Although some lenses require a special case, Moment makes it possible to attach the lens smoothly without hurting the main body by attaching the metal plate to the smartphone.


Mechanism of unevenness of the plate and lens, fixing mechanism by rotating the lens.


Also, it is a set with a dedicated pouch for carrying.


Moment can be used with iPhone 4S, 5, 5s, 5c, 3rd generation · 4 th generation iPad, iPad 3, Galaxy S2, S3, S4.


Details of specifications of two lenses can be confirmed from the table below.


Moment is now looking for investment for commercialization and will succeed in collecting more than 5.7 million yen at the target amount of 50,000 dollars (about 5.2 million yen). It is possible to get either Wide or Tele lens which is usually sold for 99 dollars (about 10,000 yen) by investment of more than 49 dollars (about 5100 yen), and if you invest 99 dollars (about 10,000 yen) 2 It is possible to get the kind of lens. The shipping schedule is June 2014, when shipping to the outside of the United States is necessary, shipping costs of $ 20 (about 2100 yen) for one lens and $ 25 (about 2,600 yen) when two kinds of sets are shipped It is necessary separately.


The deadline is 12:54 on February 14, 2014 in Japan time.

Moment - Amazing Lenses For Mobile Photography by Marc Barros - Kickstarter
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/584288471/moment-amazing-lenses-for-mobile-photography


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