Zoom Lens for Nokia mobile camera phones

July 6, 2006 on 3:56 pm | In camera phone, cell phone | 10 Comments

Nokia Phone with Zoom LensMad4MobilePhones has the scoop on a zoom lens by a company based out of Hong Kong called Brando, which can be attached to certain Nokia mobile camera phones.

The lens attaches to the existing camera with a special battery casing, which comes in the kit. The user simply replaces their existing battery casing, attaches the 6x Zoom Lens, and is ready to take great shots.

The whole kit(lens, battery casing and strap) costs $19. You probably shouldn’t expect phenomenal picture quality from it, as a lens is only as good as the camera that it attaches to. Still, at under $20 you probably can’t go wrong.

Source: Mad4MobilePhones

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  1. This is absolutely daft! Why would you want to carry a zooming lens and walk in the street. If you are interested in taking pictures, you might as well get a real camera instead.

    Comment by Keith — July 7, 2006 #

  2. ggrrrrrrrr! doesnt fit /my/ nokia!

    Comment by joshua — July 7, 2006 #

  3. [...] Oh man, if timing isn’t everything.  Just a day after my rant on phone cameras, I just caught this on digg.  Brando is releasing a 6x optical zoom attachment for Nokia phones.  But, come on, who’s going to use this?  This is like zoomed fuzzy pictures.  Cripes. [...]

    Pingback by Phone Camera Rant Part 2 :: ultramookie — July 7, 2006 #

  4. Amazing… I was wondering if it would work for the 6230 phone (my model) and that’s the exact on in the picture!

    Yeah, the one knock on camera phones is that they have DIGITAL zoom and not OPTICAL zoom.

    The digital zoom is what caused the pixelation, etc. Optical would be tremendous, and it looks like that’s exactly what they’re trying to do here.

    Comment by Garrett — July 7, 2006 #

  5. [...] My friends, it is of today that I read an article about a zoom lens for Nokia moble camera phones. It is an idea I understand not! [...]

    Pingback by Savadeep Speaks! » A zoom lens for mobile phones? My friends, how quaint an idea! — July 7, 2006 #

  6. I’m tired of these shifty asians peddling such useless junk.

    Comment by POSTER / Shaleeka — July 8, 2006 #

  7. I really dont mind having this gadget. It sure doesn’t explode the pixels since it’s optical zoom and not digital. Have a look at the screenshots… pretty neat :)

    Comment by Abdul Mueid — July 8, 2006 #

  8. not very discreate is it?

    Comment by James Silvester — July 10, 2006 #

  9. WOW!

    Assuming you can DL from these phones, you could use one WITHOUT SERVICE and get a usable digatal camera for CHEAP.

    The images on http://mobile.brando.com.hk/MobilePhoneTelescope.php
    normal shot:
    http://mobile.brando.com.hk/image/MobilePhoneTelescopeD1_640.jpg
    zomed shot:
    http://mobile.brando.com.hk/image/MobilePhoneTelescopeD2_640.jpg

    The zoomed shot is quite acceptable for my purposes!

    Does anyone know how many images the phone stores? Can it use memory cards to hold more?

    Comment by Datasage — July 16, 2006 #

  10. [...] “The lens attaches to the existing camera with a special battery casing, which comes in the kit. The user simply replaces their existing battery casing, attaches the 6x Zoom Lens, and is ready to take great shots.” It practically blends in with your phone! -_-read more | digg story [...]

    Pingback by Gadgets » Zoom Lens for Nokia mobile camera phones — August 22, 2006 #

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