Cellphone Telephoto Hack

Do you have a phone? Do you have a pair of binoculars? Then you can upgrade your camera with no extra equipment.
This is not meant to replace an actual telephoto lens or a DSLR camera, but if you're just capturing memories and don't care as much about the quality, then this works. Beats being too far away to actually capture the view.
Shot on a Moto X4 phone and Sportstek 8x21mm binoculars. The only thing I did post-production was zoom in, and for the Blazers video, I added some digital image stabilization.

[@user-bj2lu9qt3o]

Nice. That's such an obvious idea yet no one does it. The quality might be low but there's a certain charme that compensates it.

[@joans6047]

KZbin recocommendations decided that I needed some Paco in my life. They weren't wrong! Glad I found your channel ~••~ you have a unique vibe, sir!

[@PacoWarabi]

Glad KZbin found me. You're about to go down the rabbit hole of my completely random videos.

[@joans6047]

@@PacoWarabi Rabbit holes and random are two of my specialties! Journey accepted! 😁

[@ophionnox1582]

I did this when I was a kid with my telescope and digital camera. Got some really close up shots of the moon. Wish I could find the pictures.

[@deannakent600]

Wow brilliant. Wish I'd thought of that the other day. I spotted an osprey perched nearby but I didn't take a photo. Next time...thanks for sharing. Stay safe!

[@KatieBeeTV]

Heyyyy Paco. Could you do a video where you do the basket but bring it up to a wreath at the top lip of the basket? :)

[@ToyMuseum-lw3pz]

That is pretty smart also Walgreens sells an adapter for your phone that will do that but from what I heard there expensive.

[@bygollystudio8567]

This is very cool Thank you for the tip 👍beautiful waterfall too.Have a wonderful week

[@wildedibles819]

Nice it works for a microscopic viewer too

[@PacoWarabi]

Awesome! I haven't tried it with a microscope yet, so that's good to hear.

[@tinalauer6012]

Love it! Will try this.

[@PacoWarabi]

If you already have the binoculars, you might as well. It's not the most steady thing in the world, but it's free!

[@colleenwatson]

Really interesting effect.

[@PacoWarabi]

I was quite pleased with the outcome. I've looked at buying the clip-on lenses for your phone, but I think I'll stick with this method.

[@vnette9777]

Cool trick.👍🙂 Great pictures

[@PacoWarabi]

It's not a trick! It's . . . oh wait, you're right. It is a trick.

[@vnette9777]

@@PacoWarabi Haha I meant hack.😉👍

[@PacoWarabi]

@@vnette9777 Yeah, I pretty much am a hack. Thanks for pointing that out 😁

[@raquelmorocho7250]

...Hola Paco estamos pasando tiempos de crisis, no se cómo estarás por eso te escribo a este último Video, espero que estés bien.