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Other How do you feel about camera lens protectors?

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shenfrey

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I hear people cradle their phone, stick it in a case with a screen protector whilst standing in a steamy room to avoid those air bubbles, but I never hear much on camera lens protectors.

Where does the community stand with these?
 
I wondered the same. Now they are getting huge and will start to attract accidents. Or. You drop it on the gravel and those camera are crying to be scratched.
 
virginblue4 said:
The lens covers are sapphire crystal. It’s going to be extremely hard to scratch them. I don’t see the point in using a protector on them. I honestly don’t know a single person who has ever scratched their iPhone camera lens since they moved to sapphire.
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The SS watches are sapphire and I have seen them scratched, and it isn’t hard to find a someone on the internet talking about scratching the watcher. Maybe because the lenses are so small on the iPhone, you just don’t notice it, but they are there?
 
God knows how you can scratch sapphire

from wiki ;

Sapphires are the crystalized form of the mineral corundum. These crystals are second in hardness only to diamonds, registering 9 on Mohs scale of hardness. What the hardness means is that sapphires can be scratched only by a diamond and, sometimes, other sapphires depending on variances in each crystals hardness
 
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What’s the point of reducing the quality of your pictures with a lens cover. I’ve never had a camera lens break. Cases also protect the lenses in the case of a drop.
 
The camera set up on the new iPhone 13 Pro are pretty big and that worries me. Still not thought about getting a protector for them as I keep my iPhone in a fitbag sleeve.
 
I can't imagine covering my phone in $2 worth of plastic.. screen protectors, camera protectors, lens protectors, cases..
 
shenfrey said:
The SS watches are sapphire and I have seen them scratched, and it isn’t hard to find a someone on the internet talking about scratching the watcher. Maybe because the lenses are so small on the iPhone, you just don’t notice it, but they are there?
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I’ve had two SS apple watches (I’ve had the series 3 for 3 years now) and not a single scratch on them.

It’s extremely difficult (close to impossible) to scratch the sapphire crystal. You’ll be more likely to scratch the lens protectors that will then just reduce the quality of the photos. I’d imagine they have some level of impact on photo quality even when they are brand new.
 
never used a camera protector.. and of the 2 times i’ve used a front screen protector, neither has covered the front notch. inspecting my 11 PM which has tons of youtube reviews of being scratched easily , i notice no scratches near the uncovered notch.
 
First thing I do when I buy a new camera lens is to attach a quality UV filter to it. However when it comes to the iPhone, and I have taken many great photos over many years on different models I have owned, for me it is a complete waste of time, money and quality. However, it is your phone and you must do as you feel best :)
 
virginblue4 said:
I’ve had two SS apple watches (I’ve had the series 3 for 3 years now) and not a single scratch on them.

It’s extremely difficult (close to impossible) to scratch the sapphire crystal. You’ll be more likely to scratch the lens protectors that will then just reduce the quality of the photos. I’d imagine they have some level of impact on photo quality even when they are brand new.
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Same. But they do scratch. At a level 6. It’s sapphire isn’t as pure as what you see on traditional watches. Pure Sapphire is suppose to scratch at 8 or 9.

So I promise you, they do scratch easier then you think, we just haven’t scratched ours.

Source: JerryRigEverything (YouTube)
 
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Ktaifan said:
Can you post some pics for us to see how the quality holds up?
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Photo quality didn’t seem to change
 
With these bigger lenses I see the need for some type of protection or a case with a lens cover would work for me.
 
boshii said:
You’ll notice a hit in photo quality when using the flash.
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Really depends on if the cover is actual glass or plastic, where the flash is located, and if the cover actually covers the flash or has a cut-out. A lot of variable at play here.

I had a true glass one for my P30 Pro and the flash was off to the right (when looking at it from the back) and it was flawless. No degradation whatsoever.

My Opps Find X2 pro, however had the flash set right below the camera lenses and the protector I had was plastic and had a cut-out for the flash. It was a hazy disaster when using the flash. I actually tried a leftover protector from the P30 and it just covered the lenses while stopping well short of the flash. Again, that worked perfectly again.

The 13 Pro’s are a different design altogether so I’m not sure how a protector would play out with the module. Haven’t tried or tested it yet. Undecided about keeping it so far.
 
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