MacroLens Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Build your own iPhone 4, 4S macro lens

by Steven Sande (Mar 12th, 2012)

Many iPhoneographers have been looking for a macro lens that will work with the iPhone 4 and 4S to take awesome closeup images. Unfortunately, a lot of those lenses cost a few bucks -- the Olloclip (which also includes a fisheye and wide-angle lens) runs $69.99, and while the magnetic macro lens ...

Hands-on with the OWLE bubo: Better photos and video from your iPhone (Updated)

by Steven Sande (Feb 7th, 2010)

A while back, we had a product announcement about the OWLE bubo (US$129.95). That bizarre name is actually a play on words: OWLE stands for "Optical Widget for Life Enhancement" (the company's name) and bubo is the genus for American horned owls and old world eagle owls. The device, if you have ...