If I can get it right, I would be willing to sell kits. The lens would be probably a generic multifocus lens. A mounting system could also be set up, or a magnetic attachment that allows for the lens to be “snapped” into place against the back cover or onto anyone’s custom case. I really want to put together accessories for the Librem 5 and PinePhone.
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Replying to subscribe to thread. I know nothing about making these but might buy the kit(s) if/when they become available
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Also willing to set up a website to sell Nix phone accessories.
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Are you willing to handle all of the international shipping costs as well?
Assuming it gets somewhere, and I can make a decent profit, sure.
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I like the idea. It would be nice to have accessories. Just to be specific, I take it, you mean static lenses, not zoomable ones. With kits, you mean DIY kits or a selection of ready to use lenses of different characteristics? And I take it, something like a lens camera is not part of this idea.
I’ve had several lens kits over the years. Some were veeery cheapo plastic lenses but they had a nifty magnetic ring with a sticker/adhesive side so that you could fix that to your phone and quickly change small lightweight lenses. Quality of lenses and pics varied but usability was good. Luckily the quality has improved over the decades. A good selection of useable ones is hard to come by. I’d like to select specifically which ones I’d get (usually very wide angle or super telescopic).
The various clips to attach the lenses allowed for bigger and better glass lenses - and longer lens structures that the actual phone - but those were not only heavier, it’s been difficult to place those precisely to get the focal point right. Some models have had available “corner cases” that fit perfectly to the corner of the phone and get the placement right. But those have been a bit bulkier (usually not an issue though) and hard to come by.
The attachment mechanism has varied and I haven’t come across with a good standardized variation - I’d really like there to be one or two that were popular in order to use many different lenses (and not to have a single supplier monopoly system), so using something that is already in use and usable would be great.
And it’s another thing to be able to have a a good one that can be used with a case (those printable ones since other options are scarce). It would be nice to have something that would work with or without a case (noting that focal point shifts when lens is closer/farther from the camera. Could there be a printable adapter for a leans (or even a carousel adapter that would allow for fast change of lenses)? Or an adapter that would allow using some already existing good lenses (or even those meant for real cameras)?
Other accessory ideas would be the “camera handle” thing that has been available for few models. It could bring together a few things. Basic idea is to have a better grip, additional battery, a standard connection point for tripod and to have that attachment for a lens.
I hope you can take into consideration even some of those.
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A dynamic telescopic lens, a 3D printed bracket or magnetic bracket, and at some point 3D printed cases.
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It’s just meant to be put over the existing camera as an accessory. I also can’t get ahold of the guy that I accidentally creating self-cooling plastic with, so I will just go for it on creating the back liner for L5 cases. Maybe eventually L11 cases.
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Printed, printable or both? I’d probably like to combine it to all kinds of case designs and the main thing would be to get the lens anyway - saves on postage too.
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I could definitely do either. In fact, I’d rather do either.
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Well, I’ll be interested in seeing the comparison images (normal vs. lens). I hope the f is small as L5 camera images are already pretty noisy. Development of camera app to develop the images (getting for instance glowup to work behind the scenes) would probably give more benefits to quality at the moment. The camera app related quality may be part of how the lenses may be received too, unfortunately, since they don’t magically make them better overall. Geometry wonkyness may even be worse (although that could be compensated if there were known settings for glowup to correct them when using lens). Anyways, good luck with the endeavor.
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