"Sandmarc's Telephoto Tetraprism Lens offers a different approach. It is a 48mm 2x optical telephoto that mounts directly over the 17 Pro's 5x tetraprism camera, giving you up to 16x reach, roughly a 384mm equivalent. Real glass does the work instead of software interpolation. It is built specifically for Apple's tetraprism module, not a generic clip on trying to cover all three lenses poorly."
"The lens is a multi element, multi coated cylinder weighing about 250 grams, closer to a compact mirrorless lens than a toy. The field of view narrows to 16.7 degrees, which gives you tight framing and real telephoto compression, the kind that pulls distant mountains closer or stacks city buildings into dense layers. The front element sits deep inside a metal barrel with blue anti reflection coating, machined rather than molded."
"Where it shines is shooting where you physically cannot move closer. Standing on a ridge pulling in a faraway peak, shooting street portraits from across the road, grabbing architectural details from stadium seats without leaning on digital zoom that turns textures into paste. The lens only works with the 5x module, so you need a pro camera app to force the phone onto that sensor, but once dialed in, results look more like a small camera than a phone."
Sandmarc's Telephoto Tetraprism Lens is a 48mm 2x optical telephoto that mounts over the iPhone 17 Pro's 5x tetraprism camera, yielding up to 16x reach (about 384mm equivalent) through true optics rather than software interpolation. The cylindrical, multi element, multi coated lens weighs about 250 grams and narrows the field of view to 16.7 degrees, producing tight framing and authentic telephoto compression. The front element sits deep inside a machined metal barrel with blue anti reflection coating. The lens supports threaded filters for ND, polarizer, and diffusion and requires a pro camera app to lock the 5x module for optimal results.
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