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How to step-up your Instagram Stories

We all know that feeling, looking at different Instagram Stories of the people we are following and wondering how they make them so smooth. Well, here’s how you can do the same. Our friend Teppo Haapoja shares three tips on how to create more compelling Instagram Stories. Check out the video below and leave a comment […]

What’s changed in the new G4 products?

The Fourth Generation Smartphone camera sensors and optics have evolved greatly during the past year. When we first started to develop lenses for smartphones we wanted to create products that can be used with the devices that most of us carry with them all the time. Thus, as smartphones evolve so must our lenses. We […]

Testing The New PRO Portrait Tele G4

Photos and text by @DamonBeckford It’s the end of July and me and my girlfriend just finished our last shifts at work for a long time. It’s time to go on a road trip I’ve been dreaming of for a long time. Drive from Helsinki to Lapland and then to Northern Norway. From there we […]

Lapland – Traveling Offline

Story and photos by Black Eye founder @arto_ekman It was that time of the year again. Our annual getaway to the most remote place in Europe, the Scandinavian Lapland. It is a place where you have absolutely no connection to the outside world and disconnects your brain from any stress or bad vibes. This year’s […]

Black Eye G4 | Capturing the magic of the Finnish Summer

Introducing the Wide G4 and Macro G4 lenses Smartphone camera sensors and optics have evolved greatly during the past year. When Black Eye first started to make the lenses we wanted to create products that can be used with the devices that most of us carry with them all the time. Thus, as smartphones evolve […]

Phone Cases and Black Eye lenses | How-To Series

How-To | Phone Cases In this video, we are showing how to use Black Eye lenses with different phone cases, from rugged to thicker models. Remember that we always recommend using the Black Eye lenses without a case for the best image quality, but if you still wish to use your case while taking photos, take […]

How Black Eye lenses work with Dual Cameras. iphone X and Samsung S9

Dual Cameras and Black Eye lenses | How-To Series

How-To | Dual Cameras We get a lot of questions regarding compatibility and how to use Black Eye lenses with dual camera devices. In this video, we are using Samsung S9 + and iPhone X with various Black Eye products. Although this video features Samsung and Apple products, our lenses are also compatible with most of […]

How To Clip Black Eye lenses with your Smartphone | How-To Series

How-To | The Clip In this video, we will show you how to mount Black Eye lenses properly with your smartphone to avoid blurred images and vignetting when using the lenses. There are a couple tricks that make placing the lens much easier and faster. Check these out from the video below! Any questions? Send […]

Black Eye lens founders Arto Ekman, Fredu Sirviö & Eero Ettala

Black Eye – The Top 3 Startup in the Nordic and Baltic Countries

25/05/18 update: Yessss!! Black Eye was chosen to the TOP 3 startups in the Nordics from more than 270 companies, and this wouldn’t have been possible without the help! As a thank you, we want to offer a -15% discount code that works for all products: “thankyouxoxo”. Thank you – Black Eye Team Read the […]

Do Black Eye lenses work with iPhone X?

iPhone X has one of the best mobile phone cameras ever built and we at Black Eye love everything about it. All Black Eye products are universal with most mobile phones in the market. Yet we get quite a few questions how our lenses perform with the flagships like the iPhone X. I have now […]

Black Eye lens skateboarding in marocco with vans

Vans Nordic Team in Morocco – MELU

Morocco or the Kingdom of Morocco is a country located in the northernmost tip of Africa, right below Spain. Known for its soccer players and great surf (yup, they have a looonng Atlantic coastline on the west), the country has never been the hotspot for skateboarding. That may change soon because that place is made […]

Black Eye lens favorite instagram surf photos

Our favourite surf related profiles – February

1. @Kimi_swimmy Inspiration to be in the ocean and protect it. Island life! This was my first time exploring deep into the unknown, down below the arctic ice into the darkness. It took a lot of planning, preparation and fear-facing before I was ready to take the plunge. What did I see? First lovely little […]

Black Eye lens italy roadtrip with Damon Beckford

Italy Road Trip – Damon Beckford

I’ve always dreamt of going to Italy. To see Venice and Rome, the Amalfi coast and eat Italian food while sipping on some Italian wine. One day we were thinking of what to do on my girlfriends Pihla-Sofia’s one week holiday in September, and the idea of finally going to Italy quickly came to […]

Flow Festival Through Black Eye Tele 3x

Every year Flow Festival rolls on through and we pack ourselves with 74 999 others into the industrial area of Suvilahti in Helsinki – and we live. We live like there is no nine months of darkness descending upon us, like we don’t top the suicide charts of the world and like depression never was […]

MELU – CPH Open

CPH Open – MELU magazine Finnish summer is so short and briefly over that, you don’t want to skip it by going on trips abroad. Most Finns prefer to stay in homeland during that special period between June and August, and so do I. But as always, there are some exceptions. My annual exception is […]

Black Eye – Helsinki

We teamed up with Pelago bicycles to explore the tourist locations and hidden gems of our hometown, Helsinki. Hit the play button and enjoy the vibes of Finnish summer. Special thanks to HKI Visuals & Pelago.

How to take better macro photos with black eye lens

A Guide To Mobile Macro Photography

Macro photography brings out the the tiniest details in the spotlight. Details few pay attention to, yet which are no less interesting than the bigger picture. When captured at the right moment they can easily surpass what surrounds them. While noticing them is one thing, photographing them is another. From macro basics to the right […]

Kasperi Kropsu – #KropsuTampaAmExperience

Kasperi Kropsu is one of the most talented skateboarders from of Finland at the moment. After his win with the Spitfire’s Instagram contest, he got an opportunity to fly to Florida and compete with the world’s finest amateur skateboarders at the legendary Tampa Am contest. Video and edit by Samuli Heino

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