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A Week in Oahu w/ Moment Lenses /  by Anthony Ngu

I left Seattle about a week ago for the warm beaches of Oahu and spent that time adventuring around the island, shooting phone photography with Moment lenses, and eating poke, spam musubis, and shaved ice.

I got the chance to use the new Moment lenses and case with my iPhone X and thought that I would share some of the key highlights from my experiences with Moment lenses:

  1. The freedom of bringing something light.
    • Since I'm already bringing my phone with me everywhere, the only additional thing I need to bring is each of the lenses that I think I'll be using.
    • (For reference) I usually carry my Sony A7RII with an 18mm f2.8 Lens as well as 35mm and 85mm lenses, so you can imagine how bulky and heavy my bag can get.
  2. The quality of these lenses.
    • I didn't see any issues with photo clarity aside from the occasional sun flare when looking at the sun.
    • The only downside is the sensor size in your phone vs. a professional camera. So you can't crop in as much or blow up an image with the same fidelity (but that is expected)
  3. Easy attach/detach
    • Their phone case provides an easy way to attach/detach the lenses without having the fumble to get the right positioning. (It also comes with a stylish wood accent)
  4. Using the Moment app, the photos can be shot and stored on the phone in RAW and then edited easily.
    • When paired with an editing in the Lightroom app, you can make easy on the go edits of photos without ever having to touch a computer!

My favorite lens was the Wide for those landscape and context shots when I was adventuring.

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The Ultra-wide was great for livestreaming and Instagram stories, but they didn't match my style when it came to taking photos with it.

The Macro lens was a really cool specialty lens for the close-up shots but from my experiences it seemed to only fit that one niche.

I didn't get the chance to try out the Tele lens but I imagine it would be amazing for those long focal length shots when paired with the already 2x lens of the iPhone X.

Overall, I highly recommend Moment's lenses for the on-the-go content creator, mobile photographer, or even just someone who wants a different look for the photos they take with their phone!

Here are some other shots I took with the Moment lenses and app during my time in Hawaii, for more check out my Instagram @angulife!

 

What's New? /  by Anthony Ngu

I've been doing a lot of photography lately and just took a break from writing up about my life (Let's be honest, I wasn't very good with keeping on track before anyways..) If you want to check out my latest photos, don't forget to follow me! https://www.instagram.com/angulife/

What's New?

I ran out of space on my last external hard drive (where I store all of my photos/videos) so I ended up buying a new 4TB External Hard Drive for around $100. This is the one I bought because it ended up being the same size as my older one but with 2 Terabytes more space on it and I felt comfortable carrying it around with me on travels.

I also broke my Samsung S7 Edge and have been borrowing an old Samsung S6 while I waited for both the Pixel 2, iPhone 8, and iPhone X to come out. I ended up going with the iPhone X after hearing some negative reviews about the Pixel 2 screen despite it's amazing camera. I used to own an iPhone 5 but switched to Android when given the chance and enjoyed using that for a couple of years. I am looking forward to the slow motion video on the iPhone X as well as the bigger screen despite not being a much bigger phone. The only downside is the current wait time for pre-orders of the iPhone X... Let's see if I can snag one this Friday by walking into my local Apple Store when it opens.

In latest news the new Sony A7RIII has been released and it's what everyone wanted with the next generation A7R camera. It has a bigger battery, dual memory card slots, better auto-focus, 10fps instead of the very 'meh' 5fps of the A7RII, 4K video uses all of the camera sensor, and a couple other great additions. The only downside is that I bought my A7RII for around $3k last year and the prices of them have already begun to drop to around $1,900 for a used one, so selling mine might not be worth it at this point.