iPhone 14 Pro Max Lens Battle | $20 vs $200! 

The problem with a you tube review is I can make a$200 lens look like. $20 lens in post. I can go on ruin color grading. Create needless blurs. The point is how would you know. You wouldn't . I am not saying this guy does that. But well.. a true challenge would be to post an unedited video. Side by side. No cuts. No edits. And same camera settings. But that won't happen.

Great video! Just really confirms the old adage “You get what you paid for”

That cheap $25 Apexel lens also has a 37mm front filter thread to mount Variable ND filters. I got one for mine for just for $9, hard to find but some Japanese brands make 37mm lens filters.

It looks like they’re both solid choices, but as the Beastgrip is larger it’s certain to allow more light to come in. That was the main difference in the images. I wonder if a solid color correction could make up the difference?

A much better comparison, as always beastgrip glass quality is unmatched and the cheap lens did punch above its weight for 25$.. thanks

I watching from Israel and it’s absolutely amazing that you have a Hebrew subtitle in your videos much appreciate

iI have both these lenses, you can actually mount the smallest apexel lens first, and then on top of it, you can screw the beastgrip lens and get 2.0x1.7x = 3.4x in total (aprox 90 mm equivalent).

The softer lenses does make it more cinematic

Umm..Why the cheap lens picture is less saturated??? Thats not the fair comparison. Lens has notging to saturation

Thanks for the tips and taking time to share .We all love a bargain. But in photography we also love an image that works. Price does play a role in the final images in that respect.mostly . I use the Nikon z8 simply because it is for me the best camera for my needs. Personally I feel more comfortable with my processing because of the quality associated with that camera. I know it can perform. However that said , when starting out there is so much to learn, and I would say we grow as we learn. But here is the point if you can’t take a well composed creative image then no amount of expensive equipment will make the finished photo great. I notice the images that each individual blogger displays, That is what speaks. The information you put out is based on experience not just ….experience +price can really be put on that. I am moving from still to motion photography or should I say trying something different. The thing I can’t impress on people enough is the value trying something out for oneself. There are places where you can hire most things, in the long run it a valuable tool. My self I have experience of the arts for nearly 70 years and I still have much to learn. There is a song with the lyrics if you can’t be with the one you love …. love the one you’re with! Really make what you have work and it will develop your creativity as a picture maker something you can do is just looking at photos. After a while you will naturally get a feel for what you like. Then using a camera will get you a costumed to angles light lens and how to use the equipment. Grow all these and well you won’t have to ask others what they think they will automatically respond . Cheers for reading .

What I would like to see is an optical zoom lens with roughly the size of the beastgrip lens

you can put lens filters on the apexel lens mine comes with it I even putted a 37mmhood then putted a 52mm nd filter inside and 58mm hood on top again

Wonderful video! Really clears up some of my concerns.

Man, I wish the Beastcage was out already for the 15 Pro Max. I’m terrible at waiting.

Got my Beastcage for my iPhone 14 pro. Tolerance on the beastcage is waaaay too tight…won’t even fit with a Dbrand vinyl skin. Was a deal breaker for me.

so the wide angle sensor is the best out of three?

Good vid. Beast is better but is it worth the difference for amateurs

wow, definitely the 200 lens is sharper, buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut, lower cost look more cinematic and more realistic for me

I use sandmarc case with sandmarc lenses and i tried attaching a cheap lens. I had from ebay. Although the thread seam to be similar the cheap lens wouldn’t screw on correctly onto sandmarc case

Do you have to use an app to film with these lenses?

Thank you

Unfair comparison. Using the clip will always make a cheap lens work worse. Having it actually screwed into a proper mount makes it look damn near as good as the $200 one.

Would you recommend these lenses for making motion videos for house tours?, based on the sharpness?

Interesting comparison ✌✌❤

What is the 200$ lens called

De Apexel is idd een wat mindere telephoto lens…. Maar heeft wel degelijk schroefdraad voor 37mn filters 😂😂 Ik heb zelf de nieuwe Sandmarc 58mm 👌🏼👍🏼

Which Lens do you recommend for food videos ?

Doest Beastgrip 1.7x change the minimum focus distance?

Who you fooling where’s image without lens just iPhone