"Apple just released the iPhone 17 Pro with its shiny new 8x optical zoom, and the tech press is losing their minds over what amounts to catching up to Samsung phones from 2020. Don't get me wrong, the 48MP telephoto sensor is nice, and yeah, you can now zoom into your kid's soccer game from the bleachers without everything looking like a potato."
"The Martvsen MagStack isn't trying to compete with Samsung's 100x Space Zoom or Apple's newfound telephoto prowess. Instead, it's going completely sideways into territory that neither company has seriously explored: extreme macro photography that turns your phone into something closer to a portable microscope. We're talking about 105x magnification that lets you photograph individual pixels on screens, the crystalline structure of sugar grains, or the intricate patterns hidden in everyday fabric."
"Most people think about zoom as "getting closer to distant things," but macro magnification flips that concept entirely. You're getting impossibly close to tiny things that are right in front of you. At 105x, you're working with a focal distance of just 2.5 centimeters, which means you're practically touching your subject. This creates an entirely different photographic challenge and opens up subjects that most people have literally never seen with their naked eyes."
The iPhone 17 Pro adds 8x optical zoom via a 48MP telephoto sensor, aligning smartphone telephoto capability with earlier Samsung models. The Martvsen MagStack focuses on extreme macro photography rather than long-distance zoom, offering 105x magnification that turns a phone into a near-portable microscope. At 105x magnification the focal distance is about 2.5 centimeters, enabling shots of individual screen pixels, sugar crystals, and fabric patterns. The MagStack uses strong magnets with what they call a "position-proof"... The product appears on Kickstarter priced at $69 (discounted from $115) with limited-time availability.
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