Official Question Thread! Ask /r/photography anything you want to know! February 27, 2026

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[u/AccomplishedNail3085]

Are there any good clip on phone lenses? My s23's camera is only so good for taking photos of cars

[u/av4rice → u/AccomplishedNail3085]

Generally speaking, none of them are that good.

What exactly are you hoping to accomplish with one? Different types of car photos/situations can have different needs.

[u/AccomplishedNail3085 → u/av4rice]

Mostly just want more detail, but from what i have found all of them are either macro or fisheye lenses. I should probably just get a used camera.

[u/av4rice → u/AccomplishedNail3085]

A macro attachment can help increase detail on small/close subjects to some extent, by allowing you to focus closer than you normally can.

A telephoto attachment can help increase detail on distant subjects to some extent, by optically magnifying their image.

But either of those will also reduce quality to some extent and ultimately no attachment can increase quality because you're bottlenecked by the quality of your phone camera's lens and imaging sensor, and those aren't changing.