photo_abc
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Hello, I bought the Moment wide lens and the Moment Case for my iPhone 6s Plus. When I first used the product, I noticed that there were dark corners on the photos. I contacted them and they asked me to check to make sure that I installed the lens correctly. I did and they replied as following:
"Thanks for getting in touch. The reason you are seeing slight distortion is because the wide angle lens is exceptionally wide so the corners tend to vignette a bit. Your photos look very normal to me for the amount of vignette you are experiencing. Usually we are more concerned when we see full on dark sharp corners of black which usually comes from the misalignment of the lens to the case. Since the iPhone's camera is already a cropped sensor, when a wide angle lens is applied the two elements stacked together will cause slight distortion. Hopefully one day phones will be made so that we can remove the lens on the camera and mount our lenses, lens to sensor directly. That is why you don't see this issue with the tele or the macro because the focal point is farther out. I hope this helps clarify your concern. You can take a look at some sample images here from our Momentist publications which feature some wide angle shots that you can notice have the normal amount of lens vignetting as well. Please let me know if you have any more questions I can help you with!"
The photos I sent to them do not look "very normal" at all. They claimed that the lens is edge to edge clear. It is not. What do you think? Is there other product doing better than this?
View image: Dark corners
"Thanks for getting in touch. The reason you are seeing slight distortion is because the wide angle lens is exceptionally wide so the corners tend to vignette a bit. Your photos look very normal to me for the amount of vignette you are experiencing. Usually we are more concerned when we see full on dark sharp corners of black which usually comes from the misalignment of the lens to the case. Since the iPhone's camera is already a cropped sensor, when a wide angle lens is applied the two elements stacked together will cause slight distortion. Hopefully one day phones will be made so that we can remove the lens on the camera and mount our lenses, lens to sensor directly. That is why you don't see this issue with the tele or the macro because the focal point is farther out. I hope this helps clarify your concern. You can take a look at some sample images here from our Momentist publications which feature some wide angle shots that you can notice have the normal amount of lens vignetting as well. Please let me know if you have any more questions I can help you with!"
The photos I sent to them do not look "very normal" at all. They claimed that the lens is edge to edge clear. It is not. What do you think? Is there other product doing better than this?
View image: Dark corners