Smartphone Anamorphic Lenses Compared - Moment, Sirui, and Ulanzi 

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Flaring on the Ulanzi is a little too extreme for my tastes, but still a decent less expensive price point. Nice video dude, always a pleasure to watch.

This video is so well made. You deserve a lot more subs

Beautiful, good, informative, useful and well edited video! Thanks!

All these lenses, have such unique looks, when stacked up against each other. Think I’ll need to watch this video one more time, just to be sure☺️

Really helpful video. Thanks for making this clip!

I have the Ulanzi lens with the case for me 11 pro Max and it's amazing! 💯👌🏽

I got my Ulanzi version. It's so good for the price. I'm about to get the whole Surui kit soon. Thx for the amazing review.

Great video! Subscribed! Actually, I think this is at least the 3rd time I watch this video, because I need to be sure of my choice. I got the anamorphic Wolffilms from Amazon.de, which is a German 1.33x anamorphic lens in a very nice metal body. The thing that pleased me, too, is the fact that there is a solid phone case for my P30 Pro. The image is quite sharp, but somehow the image rendering is not what I have expected and no light streaks (for quite a high price). I need to return this and make a choice between UIanzi and Sirui. Sirui would be my choice, but I cannot find a Moment case for P30 Pro (Europe), yet. Ulanzi has the right case - which is nice, in the eventuality I would add the Osmo Mobile (that clip could be a problem, with the phone mounted on the stabiliser). Ulanzi flares + price are nice, but I prefer the sharpness of Sirui (but can't find a case). Tough choice!

wow the pictures are stunning

Great stuff. I’ve always been intrigued by smartphone lenses but really am totally ignorant of even where to start. Now that I’m experimenting with only shooting video with my iPhone 11 Pro Max I think I’m going to take a chance on one of these lenses to bring added quality to my videos. Thanks for sharing this

Geez JJ, we get it, flares are great.

Nice comparison! I am using the Sirui with ND filter and quite happy with it.

great video man. I'm looking to get one. I heard the Ulazni is the same size as the Moment lense.

Great review thx // Can i mount 'moment case' and 'ulanzi lens'?

Very informative video.

Amazing representation of comparing two well priced lenses. I may go with Sirui since I've already got a moment case. However, I've heard some complaints that the bayonet blades are so easily bent to the point that they can become unusable. Do you have thoughts on this?

I personally thought Sirui flare was best and besides who wants a dumpster fire lol, another great comparison and look forward to when you feel like making another vid.

Sirui is much much better. Nice vid

What's the set-up required once you've got the lens clipped on? Any special apps?

Bought the Ulanzi Anamorphic and Cage for my iPhone Pro Max.. I assume I need to mount the lens on the far left (of three) lenses... and only use wide... then FilmPro to select the “Moondog” (as the only Hardware For anamorphic lenses) and I am getting in the frame in the far left and right side... or am I missing something???

Thank you ! :)

besides the awesome review video, I like how you made the video exactly 4:20 ;)

Hi, Does the Sirui have a filter adapter like the Ulanzi and Moment?

Could you review the 400mm Sirui lens? From the reviews, it's surprisingly sharp for such a mobile lens.

These lenses are attached to the iPhone’s standard-wide lens, is this correct?

Can you recommend ND filters that fit with the Sirui? Also, would love to see more sample vids of the sirui with the iphone 11 pro

Thanks dude. I already had the Sirui VD-01 and got the Sirui case with it, but I returned the case in hopes the Moment case with the wood would also use the same mechanism, surely looked like it. But you just gave confirmation. So I'll order that while it's on sale now. Do you know if Moment and Sirui have the same outer dimensions for the filter holders?

Great video Patrick! The thing about the Ulanzi lens is that it actually isn't 1.33x. It's closer to 1.5x (or about 1.42x to be exact.) You can see this in your bridge footage where, on the right side the images are lined up closely, but on the left side you can see almost a whole other pillar. The Sandmarc lens seems to have the same issue from what I've seen. It's also sold under a couple of different names, I have one that's unbranded and can be found for as little as $30.

Bro is it able on ios slow down 60fps video to 30fps so to have slow mo as on pc editing? Slowing by percentage

Does anyone know if the Sirui clip works with the OnePlus 7t Pro?

Hi does anyone know what level of iso starts to produce noise in iPhone 11 pro??

Ulanzi works w Sandmarc cases w the 17mm thread. Also Ulanzi needs to be desqueezed to 2.39:1 instead of 2.36:1. Moment app I believe desqueezes at 2.36. So you’ll still notice your subjects are a bit thinner.

I bought the Ulanzi anamorphic. Yeah, the flares are a bit overkill but it only cost me £25 ($38)

Thanks for your video but which one is sharper - moment or sirui?

@patrick tomasso i have note 10+ (3lens) in which lens i should use the anamorphic lens? tele? main?

do you used Sirui Neutral Density Filter18WA2NDX for VD-01 Anamorphic Lens ? Want to buy but out of stock at B&H. Do i need adapter to use their ND filter on VD-01 ?

thanks to show the siruis lens... Do you have the wide angle lens of siruis? It´s good?

Hi mate. Can you tell if the ulanzi anamorphic lens fits right with iPhone 6s plus???

Ulanzi lens felt a bit too over the top with it's flares (for my tastes; it looked sorta fake to me) I really liked the other tho

I really don´t like the blue horizontal lens flares. Are they typicacl for anamorphic lenses?

I just bought the ulanzi anamorphic and the 11 pro max. I’m waiting on the counterweight. I know I’ll need to use my gimbal. But when I use filmic pro with out the gimbal and IS turned on the motion of the IS is greatly noticeable. With an animorphic should I be shooting with no IS?

If you start shooting a film with an anamorphic lens do you need to shoot the entire movie with that lens? Or can you switch to another wide or macro lens for other shots in the film?

The disadvantage of the clip on lenses is that you have to take your phone out of the protective case if you want to use them, otherwise the lens will not be close enough to the phone lens and your images won’t be sharp. I prefer to keep my phone protected so I got a Moment case for my Sirui (=Serooh) lenses. I may consider the Sirui anamorphic lens, especially since Sirui now also has a variable ND filter for this lens. This filter also fits their V2 18mm lens btw.

I have to say that the ulanzi will fit on a case or rig and is well presented and the clarity or soft as you mention ion the sign is Mr perfection kicking in and in film, even at the cinema stage who sees that plus your going to watch this on substandard gear, so twice the price or more is Questionable.

But if you already happen to have the 67mm adapters for Moment lenses, like me, the square one won’t fit the Sirui anamorphic as it’s made specifically to adapt the Moment anamorphic for VND’s and other 67mm filters. I like the Sirui for its quality and price point, but I’m sticking with Moment for the gold flare option and filter adapter that I already own. Hopes this helps someone in the same situation.

Can the Sirui lens be fitted directly to a phone case like the sandmarc case for the iPhone?

Ulanzi also screws into Sandmarc cases = win win

Patrick, what’s your thoughts on the distortion between these two and Moment?

Does it seems hard to fit Ulanzi lens and u-mount on iPhone 11 pro?

There is a 50 usd 1.33 anamorphic lens on Amazon. You think is it worth the risk? It has good reviews tho

does moment lenses fit with surui clip? good day to you sir.

How is the footage on the side compared to moment?

Hi, is really sirui lens can fit for moment case?

Does the Ulanzi lenses fit into the moment cases?

Does that Ulanzi clip fit on the iPhone 11 Pro pretty easily?

Patrick what state are you from?

Delish

Why go to the trouble and expense of using an anamorphic lens, which can twist and warp the image, when you could use a wide-angle adapter, and crop the top and bottom for the anamorphic aspect ratio? In either situation, you’re getting the full horizontal resolution of the camera, and software is throwing away the top and bottom to give you the wide/short aspect ratio.

I'm happy with my Ulanzi even more with their newly released filter mount at a good price point

Moment lens has a better quality than Sirui, Ulanzii or sandmarc ?

Why the flaring is BLUE?

SIRUI is the GIF pronunciation of 2019

SO If you have the budget for all of them heard moment is not sharp and having much more distortion compared to sirui

I dont ever use the provided lens clips that come with the lens. I make my own case using a step up adapter O ring for the lenses. Especially if it's the ULANZI anamorphic lens. It looks its best when you modify the lens closer to the phone lens and lined up better.

Anamurphic 360p gang

SIRUI is actually pronounced "Chi-pote-lay"

Hehe! 420 :) Nice review!

There is an Anamorphic Lens made 5 years earlier than this counterfeit & cheap copy which the MOMENT company made, and that is from a company called MOONDOGLABS. Not only are the founders Scott and Julie ex-optical engineers from the infamous ZEISS Lens manufacturer Company, but they also have been designing Lenses for professionals for 40 years. Whereas the Moment shop has a couple of skateboard dudes, who have to rely on Chinese optical engineers. Hence if you would have made a comparison between an "ANA" lens from moondoglabs and this cheap quality MOMENT lens, You would have seen it in a heartbeat, the difference in sharpness and the nicer flares, much less barreling, no vignetting, and so many things more.... I am stunned you do not set your own bar very high at all, by shouting out this is a good lens here. I wont even start with the sandmarc and Ulanzi which are plain horrific lenses. Kapkur (or the mother company richoptics) in China is one of the manufacturer behind those sandmarc and ulanzi lenses by the way... Patrick,...Up Your Game,... there are just way too many people out there who already know all of this,.... Akos ( www.akosphoto.com )

'creators' who can't afford a $149 lens. But they can afford a $1000 smartphone.

sandmarc

its grainy

Got mine.. and Ulanzi is horrible! r eturning to amazon! a lot lens flare and lens distortions! Gimbal cannot handle it as well!