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I think yes is the answer. If the mic is plugged in it will become the audio source for video recordings in the default camera app. You can check by tapping the mic and making sure you hear the tap.

Yeah, I have to agree. Macro is a special case because the macro on these phones is truly horrendous. Resolution drops down to horrendous levels AND the angle of view is way too wide so you're bumping right into the bugs. Even on my Fuji X-T5, I don't actually use a macro lens, I use a snap-on attachment (Raynox DCR-250) on my 70-300mm lens, and it works amazingly. For whatever reason, "snap on" macro attachments are very doable without quality loss, unlike "snap on" telephoto extenders, which hardly exist in the big camera world (though the Fuji X-100 series does have one, so it's not unheard of). In big camera world, telephoto extenders go BEHIND the lens, not in front, and there must be a good reason for that (and that type of teleconverter often hurts resolution too).

Oof hope they didn’t charge you!

I know the feeling! I wish I'd seen the reviews of this lens on the 15 Pro before buying it! Do you already have your lens? Let me know if you're using it on a 16 and how it goes.

Sorry I didn't see this 'till now. Honestly I guess I'd have recommended sending it back without opening, as you can imagine from my review. Hope it worked out OK!

@@JerCantShutUp I was able to check it and had similar results than you so returned it the same day on Amazon and got money back within 7 days. Success.

You're welcome :) The funny thing about those photography TH-camrs with thousands+ followers is they will say how great and useful the lens is when reviewing it, or when making a video about "iPhone accessories you should get", but they NEVER use the lenses when making their own videos, and when they make a normal "get good video from your phone" video they don't mention them either. It's as if they know the phone is better off without them. What you need is a variable ND filter for outdoors, lights for indoors, and a good microphone system, not add-on lenses.

You're welcome!

Glad to be of help! They really should have more information about it, it's not the end of the world, as long as you know how to fix it. I suspect they avoid talking about it because it is such a downside of the lens.

I figuered this out - on teh screen it jumps to macro automatically just click on the macro flower yellow button and turn it off and it will stay off - i had the same issue

Yeah, no one has contacted me LOL. I think someone else is going to have to do it. To be really honest: I'm going back to my mirrorless and investing in a new Fuji body and a 70-300mm lens to get better wildlife shots. If you want what your phone doesn't offer, you have to go big or go home.

You mean for the video recording? Yeah sure. I shot this in the default camera app but have switched to Blackmagic Camera for recording videos now, then locking the SS at 180 degree shutter angle. Won't make this add-on lens any better, but improves the choppiness of the video :)

You're welcome! I'd love to do a comparison with other lenses, since I suspect I might have been unfair to Shiftcam just 'cause all these lenses have similar issues once you dig into it. But I'm not going to buy them! I doubt I've endeared myself to the other companies enough for them to send me free samples, eh?

#MissionAccomplished 🫡🤣

Personally, I don't think it needs to "win", or that it ever will. I want to see it SUCCEED by attracting great people who are willing to put the work in to have valuable experiences free from corporate enshittification. That's what I was going for with this video. If someone is willing to spend 30 minutes watching a video about improving social media, they're already in a niche group that won't ever topple the dominant players.

What 3rd party app do you use?

@@gima6523 Moshidon

Thanks! That's a really tough question. Honestly I think if you consider "Portrait mode" and "Cinematic mode" requirements, you aren't going to find anything that works reliably. It would have to not block the other lenses and/or LiDAR sensor, which would mean it was truly enormous and impractical. The best you can hope for is one that has significant benefits in terms of magnification/bokeh while maintaining sharpness. IMO the Beastgrip 1.7x lens is the most likely candidate for that, like I say at the end of my video, but I doubt Portrait/Cinematic modes will work with it either, because it still blocks the lenses you aren't using.

@@JerCantShutUp appreciate the fact you took the time to answer. Totally makes sense now, thank you!

Interesting! Sorry to hear it's not working, my understanding was that almost all USB-C stuff would just work, but I guess you found a counter-example. You could try it in Blackmagic Cam just in case, since it lets you actively select the microphone, unlike the default iOS camera, though I'm not that hopeful, since it sounds like it's simply not recognizing it as a mic if it doesn't work in the default app automatically.

@@JerCantShutUp In Blackmagic app is even stranger, once I can see it in the list of audio sources available but when I click to select it, the mark signal goes back to "iPhone Mic" again... I'm trying contact with Hyperx

@@inglescomguduran Aha, yeah that sounds like a bug of some kind, maybe they can fix it with firmware or something! Good luck!

UPDATE: WAIT MAYBE IT DOESNT WORK: In my initial testing I had all short clips, because I was starting new videos each time I changed lens. I just tried recording something longer, and the video just shut off randomly. Once after 3 minutes and once after 7 mins (luckily I have a mirror to see the screen, since I was recording myself and wouldn't have noticed otherwise. My only conclusion is that this is caused by the microphone being powered by the phone! BUMMER!

@@JerCantShutUp thanks for the update! I didn't end up recording anything longer than a minute or two, I will have to try it out myself and report back. But I am sure I will end up with the same result. Seems like it might just be a software thing. They'll get there one day...

@@crispyticket Hey, thanks for reading my reply, I have more info! After I stopped using the mic (I instead plugged it into my laptop and recorded there, syncing afterwards), I found the video was still stopping randomly! I got to 11 minutes with one video and then it just stopped, I only noticed after a few more minutes, just awful. So it's very possible this is some bug with iPhone video recording in general, and not specific to the microphone, although so far it seems like whatever it is, it happens FASTER with the microphone attached, but that's with a sample of 3 recordings. In all cases, the battery was below 25% when this happened, so it's possible this is part of it. If you're going to record with the mic in your phone, try to get the phone topped up beforehand, it might help 🤷🏻‍♀ I'll report back again if I figure it out.