Sony QX10 Lens Style Camera : Love it
Good quality of pictures though the app that use to connect to the camera is quite poor, need to make sure your phone has enough memory(not the sd card) for storing the preview images( 2mb each) or you can’t review in ur phone as they will just save in the sd card inside the camera. Good in capturing lights (my photography skill is poor xdd), can be consider for taking photos at night~.
This is an amazing piece of kit . I am a camera technician and tested it on our focus charts and at close range is outstanding then tested it at infinity and was spot on.
My son was thrilled with this high quality lense that attaches to his mobile phone. He has been out an about taking brilliant pictures with it. A must for photographers who don’t want to constantly lug a lot of equipment about with them.
Bit disappointed with its usability – i hadn’t realised that every time you switch it off you then have to reconnect manually to the wi-fi on an iphone. I guess the bluetooth connection on an android would be fine but the wi-fi system is too fiddly for an iphone. Also the zoom button is very jerky. To be fair, the picture quality is really great. A really good idea not thought through properly.
An excellent addition to compliment the camer on my xperia z2 offering greater long range shots and turning my phone into a decent digital camera.
As an amateur photographer i wanted something light weight to carry, often i am out and see a photo opportunity but only having my phone with me often it is not good enough as the zoom on a iphone is poor. This camera works well, is light weight and takes great photos and after testing it out over the holidays i decided to write this review. Once connected to the cameras wifi, you run the app and take photos or video. To take videos you need a micro sd card inside the camera. Quality of the photos in low light is good. I use this camera often for my blog. I can understand why people are not keen on the app for ios and android, but for a technology fanatic like myself this ticks all the boxes. What are you waiting for, buy one, you won’t regret it.
Sony QX10 Lens Style Camera for Smartphones and Tablets – Black (18.2MP, 10x Optical Zoom)
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by entering your model number. - A wireless lens that connects to your smartphone with an 18MP Exmor R CMOS sensor and 10x optical zoom
- 18.2MP Exmor R CMOS sensor
- Sony G Lens
- 10x optical zoom
- Easy smartphone sharing via NFC One-touch
I’d read several reviews of this lens, some saying it was great and others with not so much praise but all the same i was really interested in it. My phone upgrade came through and i picked up a sony xperia z1, so it seemed like the right time to pick up the qx10 and have a play around. First impressions were impressive, once the play memories app was installed all you need do is simply hold the lens to back of the z1 and the devices will sync together (note that this method will only work if your phone is nfc enabled, you can also connect to it using wifi)my favourite thing about this lens is that it doesn’t need to be clipped to your phone to operate. If there is a hard to reach spot but you can get to it with your hand, you can hold the lens in your hand to get the shot and use your phone as the viewer. (for anybody that’s interested, the ‘selfie-shot’ can now be done to near perfection)the qx10 can hold it’s own memory card as well which i recommend you adhere to (micro sd)i’m a few weeks in now with this lens and i have just come back from a short break in the lake district where i put the lens through its paces and it performed very well. At full zoom, it picks up an incredible amount of detail which did surprise me. Whilst walking around the lakeside aquarium, the lens showed off its ability to handle different lighting conditions. One of the staff saw that i had the lens in my hand whilst shooting and came over to see how i was doing it, i think he was impressed. Speed is something you don’t need to worry abut with this. If you are planning on going some place with it then in mere seconds it can be connected and clipped on, otherwise just use the camera on your phone for that unexpected moment.
The sony cyber-shot qx-10 is a lens with a sensor built in. It uses nfc to connect with a phone (ios or android), and then wi-fi to communicate. The phone shows a preview and allows control of the camera, including setting the mode, zoom, and hitting the shutter. The camera can be used without a phone, but without a viewfinder, framing shots is difficult. The lens itself has a 18 megapixel sensor, and 10x optical zoom. Now, the most impressive thing about this lens is its night mode. Low light photography, for me, has always needed a tripod. This lens is fantastic at getting great images in low light. I took a few shots to see how it compared to my canon 7d, and the htc one. The qx-10 still has some iso noise, but a lot less than the 7d, and with less camera shake.
This is the most creative camera i’ve ever had. But don’t attach it to a smartphone. Put it on a monopod and take pictures above people’s heads, from ground level or over a cliff, river or tall building. Even the most taken shots look unique when taken from a different angle.
This was delivered on time and well received. Very convenient to use after a few software glitches had been sorted out. The instructions and help systems were helpful in this respect.
It can use on iphone 5s and ios 7. It is good product, i like to use it. Good seller, if i have a chance, i would buy your product again.
This thing is awesome, looks cool, and does a good jobthe pictures it takes are spot on, better than you’d expect for a camera at this price point. Works without a phone, so you can just point and shoot, and use pc or phone to review the images later. Also works on tablets, seeing the view finder rendered onto a 10′ screen is pretty cool. The down side is that there are only basic shooting modes. I would think that the application for phones and tablets may get updated and add some extra functions.
In my view as good as a digital camera of the same specifications. The advantage of getting this over a digital camera, are that you can split the lens and screen, so that you can take good, still photos (especially necessary at night or dimly lit conditions), as well as photos of yourself (and others). Another advantage is that the battery lasts a long time, as there isn’t a screen – i went away on 4 or 5 day breaks without taking the charger with me. Main disadvantages over getting a digital camera is that you have two separate bits of equipment* to make the camera work, and it takes around 10-15 seconds from the time you switch camera and camera app on, to the time it is ready to take photoscertainly for me the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, which is why i don’t use (or carry) a separate digital camera. *strictly speaking this camera can take photos all by itself, but as there isn’t a screen, you can’t see what you’re taking a photo of.
Fantastic device if you need to shoot selfies for those instagram moments. A real pain to actual sync to the phone each time you want to shoot and use your smartphone as a viewfinder. Can not use your phone to delete memory card photos only via the computer, no flash.
This is a great piece of kit for getting natural photos of people who are camera shy, nice resolution and color once you get used to handling it, interesting lens, enjoying it.
Very good thing, use it well and the photo is better than mobile a little,not far away,it’s an entertainment equipment,not a camera.
Amazing but after a couple of weeks it started stuttering on zoom and freaking out. Should really send it back but had much worse things to contend with.
Sony QX10 Lens Style Camera for Smartphones and Tablets – Black (18.2MP, 10x Optical Zoom) : Briliant device, does zap battery a bit (get a juice pack) the photos are great however and the inbuilt storage sd card is a nice feature.
Brilliant hooked it up to my sony experia z smartphone and it is amazing it has its own micro sd card that you have to buy or just use the built in phone application to record your photos or video. You can also not connect it to the phone and put the camera down and use your screen on your phone to see what you are filming/photoing and be able to conntrol what your camera is doing very pleased with it thankyou.
Easy to set up fantastic picture quality , make sure you sync it with your pc to ensure you get the updates for the firmware & keep the manual as it has the connection key on it – excellent value & brilliant fun.
Bit hit and miss with the connectivity with a few different phones but great pictures. Shame it only works with sony’s, play memories app.
Quality product from sony, after fitting battery and charging up , your taking pictures in minuets , the images i took are great i’m very impressed ,not much hassle and a lot of fun to use, i would recommend a spare batterie and a sepperate charger.
This is a great inovation for revolutionising camera phone capabilities. When used with htc one images can be modified using phone software. Light and small i would guesss this could easily be mounted for action photography. Only downside like qx 100 is that lens has to be manually turned on before it linksw to phone software. The phone clip on adapter works adequately but setting the lens free for up to thirty feet is so cool. Selfies are just awesome from above behind. Fat stomach thats not really me. Know yourself as others see you. Lens needs sony stick which is pricy compared with micro sym. The ten times zoom is a bonus.
I bought this for my husband for his birthday. It is a great gadget, the colours are very accurate, it’s easy to operate and is also great fun to use,.
You have to play around with it to get the best results. It’s certainly a innovation and makes my xperia z1 even more useful. I’m going to try to use it as a camcorder on holiday with a 64gb micro sd card fitted.
Excellent product many thanks a+++++.
I have only had this item for 36 hours so i shall probably update later. You may think it strange but i didn’t initially buy this little camera lens for photography, i have a cannon dslr and a fuji bridge camera that take care of that, (although i do take some family snaps on my ipad and phone). By way of explanation: i am a wheelchair user and i now have to travel in my chair in the back of my converted vehicle. I bought the qx10 so that i could place it on a suitable clamp on my dashboard and watch the road through my ipad. This will enable me to navigate for my driver again. I have to say that i haven’t tried this yet but the fact that the qx10 works at a fair distance from my ipad, and the built in tripod bush, means that this shouldn’t be a problem. The qx10 and the qx100 were all out of stock, so the one that i bought was secondhand and sold ‘as new’. It cost as much as a new one but i didn’t mind this because it came with a micro sd card and the connecting brackets to fit to a tablet. I was pleasently surprised when the item, estimated to arrive on the 22nd of december, arrived on the 10th.
I buy it with great curiosity, because a saw a lot of reports in the youtube. One simple word to classified: superb, and after use it the limits are your imagination.
Once again, great delivery service from amazon. The lens itself was easy to set up on ipad, via wifi and sony xperia via nfc. The only drawback so far, and it is a big one, is that it will not pair with my iphone4. I can pair with an iphone 5, with no problems. Looks like sony will need to update the app to get this working. Iphone4 is my phone, so this is a major drawback at present. I set the lens up in the garden and was able to control it from indoors using an ipad. Much better indoor pictures than the ipad itself and the zoom works well, when controlled from the ipad.
Good but a bit fiddly to fit on phone, slight delay in picture taken to appear on screen. . Also when on maximum zoom camera shake very noticeable.
It’s a great concept and the quality of the photos are good. The quality is way better than any camera phone i’ve owned. But i had one issue with it. It took at least 10 seconds to connect my phone to the lens. This takes just a little bit too much time for practical usage. I take photos to primarily ‘capture a moment’. So i found that my phone was sufficient for my needs. This device is great if you’re taking photos of nature or scenes. Like if you’re going through a walk through a forest etc.
Sony set a new level of technology shift where a sensor and lens become as one part. Letting the software be upgradable. An excellent product delivers fantastic photos, just the first image was as good as my digital slr, the optical zoom will give that bit of extra. It’s very small cute and fits in the pocket, i have not ordered the carry case, as i feel it’s important, little sad they don’t put with product even a cheaper case. Would be great if they could make a app much more tighter into the devices own. Sony apps have not been regarded as good, but i found simple to link on wi-fi.
This device is far better than i thought. The images are very clear (so long as i can hold it steady enough). The bracket that comes with it is ideal for those wanting to mount it to thier device.
This is a great addition to a phone or a tablet although it wouldn’t fit onto my sony ultra even though it is shown as an accessory i had to buy a separate adapter from japan.
Bought for my husband for his birthday, he has a galaxy phone and it works perfectly with it, was quite amusing watching him taking photos of our children without them knowing as they moan about having their pictures taken, they didn’t realise you can use the lens when its not actually attached to the phone. Arrived in good time, well packaged and in excellent condition.
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