From the course: Video Gear: Cameras & Lenses

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Attaching a lens to an iPad

Attaching a lens to an iPad

- All right. What I have here is a Studio Series. Makes it sound really fancy. - [Robbie] Yeah. - But it's not. It's just a three and a half times telephoto lens. Really simple prime lens, and it lens me punch in. Because these types of devices aren't know for their reach. - Yeah, and these are not, just to be clear, these are not cinema style lenses. These are no Arri master primes. - These are a $20 Amazon specials. - As you can see, as you look through it, there's no aperture blades, there's no zoom functionality on it. These are literally just pieces of glass at different focal lengths. - Yeah, so this one's going to give be a little more reach. And that one's going to give you a wider angle view. - Yeah, this is a wide angle lens, yup. - Now the challenge though is that that thread mount doesn't line up. But you just got an adapter, right? - Yes, so I have a little adapter that's actually an important thing with these lenses. And you can get native thread mount ones just like you…

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