Phonetastic

Hey — you know how photos from your phone are really crappy? Well, that’s because it’s a phone. Sorry, you knew that anyway, but apparently Greenhouse Japan didn’t, so they went ahead and built a jumbo zoom lens just for cell phones.

The 8,800-yen GH-ML8 is available online and comes with a mini tripod that holds the whole Heath Robinson-esque contraption together when you stick the lens in front of the tiny aperture of your phone’s camera. There’s even a focusing ring on the barrel of the lens allowing you to get loads more tightly focused, washed out, blurry snaps. (J Mark Lyttle)

External Link:www.green-house.co.jp/products/mobile/ml8

5 Comments

Hughgarse at 01:21 PM JST - 23rd April

Hey — you know how photos from your phone are really crappy?

No actually, most phones these days have the same megapixels as a regular camera.
DeepAir65 at 02:31 PM JST - 23rd April

No actually, most phones these days have the same megapixels as a regular camera.

it's about more than the mega pixels
capone at 07:05 PM JST - 23rd April

another ad posing as news
PleasureGelf at 08:49 PM JST - 24th April

Who comes up with such gizmos? The whole idea of camera phones is that you don't need to carry anything else if a need to take a pic or a vid arises. If you know you're going to snap a few shots, put a proper digicame in your bag or pocket. Small ones are not much bigger than this funny little contraption, and they actually work.
curlygene at 09:16 PM JST - 24th April

This is the most refreshing review I've ever read on Japan Today! I though making fun of a product would have got you the sack and forced you to have to work at the Japan Times. It sure the hell ain't another ad posing as news, capone.