Hey — you know how photos from your phone are really crappy? Well, that’s because it’s a phone. Sorry, you knew that anyway, but apparently Greenhouse Japan didn’t, so they went ahead and built a jumbo zoom lens just for cell phones.

The 8,800-yen GH-ML8 is available online and comes with a mini tripod that holds the whole Heath Robinson-esque contraption together when you stick the lens in front of the tiny aperture of your phone’s camera. There’s even a focusing ring on the barrel of the lens allowing you to get loads more tightly focused, washed out, blurry snaps. (J Mark Lyttle)

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