How to take close up watch photographs

[Foxy100]

Something like this may be of interest:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mobile-Came...A286MCB4RWEGSP

[Harryb]

Like with any photography, composition and lighting are probably more important than gear, but in terms of the latter, what you want is a fairly long focal length lens with a short minimum focus distance. The following are all taken on an iPhone 14 Pro and illustrate the difference between the 3 (or 4 if you count the 2X zoom which is really just the 1x lens which they crop into). All are taken as close to the watch as possible before you lose focus:

Disclaimer: All were shot in fading natural light and on a messy desk so are not to be taken as a good example of good lighting and composition. :P

0.5x "macro" lens:

You have to get very close to the watch and the lens distortion makes it look daft. Even worse when it's on the wrist.



1x:



This is as close as you can get with the 1x zoom on the iPhone 14 Pro. Not really a close up.

2x:



Better, and some soft focus in the background. This is actually the same image sensor used for the 1x zoom - Apple just crop into the centre of the 1x image to get this "zoom."

3x:



Not much to say here but you're even closer. Worth noting that the 3x lens is not as good as the 1x and 2x zoom lens in terms of light performance so images can look noisier.