Camera lens made of?

[WarmWinter]

Hello everyone,

I bought Xperia X a few days ago and have question about it which Google can't answer...

What material is Xperia X main camera lens made of? Is it glass? Or scratch resistant glass like sapphire? Or maybe (but I hope not) plastic just like the one in Z5?

Should I invest on a lens cover? And will it impact to image quality?

Thank you!

[NeoBeum]

Hello,

I don't know...

But I have one of these for my Z5 Compact... sure it's ugly... but meh.

The nice thing about it is that there is another case it sits in, that has magnets that bind it to the main wallet. The back of the wallet doesn't have a camera hole - so that's what I got it for.

Then, I went and got tempered glass on the back of the phone to raise the back a bit higher above the lens. That was just incase I dropped the phone, and then it fell out of the wallet, and then out of the case.

There might be one on Ebay for the X.

[WarmWinter]

Thank you for the answer!

But I don't really like using cases. The reason I get Xperia X is mostly for its design, it'll kill the purpose if I cover it with a case and might as well get another known to be rugged phone.

I decided to get lens protector to give a bit of protection. I get the feeling that Sony might be using plastic again this time. When I tried to knock the lens with nails, it sounds and feel like a plastic.

[Emir1]

Hi @WarmWinter,

There's currently no specifications available regarding which material is used for the camera lens, but I will request it internally and try to find it out for you.

[WarmWinter]

Thank you! I want to know so I can take precautions based on what it's made of.

X's main camera is a bit protruding, so I really hope that it was made from scratch resistant material.

But if it was made from plastic, then I will have to take a really good care of it. And extra careful on where to put it.

[Emir1]

Hi again @WarmWinter,

I have tried requesting the information regarding what the lens is made of internally, but I’m sorry I don’t have access to that information.

In either case, I strongly recommend that you protect the lens using a cover of some sorts if you're worried about the lens scratching. It's always better to be safe than sorry as long as it won't be inconvenient for you!

[WarmWinter]

Yes, thank you!

I bought lens cover protector and applied it, but I felt that the auto focus speed reduced and often inaccurate that it goes over, passed the supposedly focus then back to get the optimal one.

It reduces my experience in using this phone greatly. I'm currently learning to get over with it but I might discard it in the future if it gets too annoying.

XZ is using a tempered glass to cover the lens, I hope X has the same. Because price wise, X is far more expensive than other brands that has similar specs, so I really hope it does.

[iqbaljimbo]

Hello.

I have found the youtube channel who scratch the camera lens of Xperia X. It looks like it made of Glass, and not Plastic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQiMXYkKF_c

[SHANE1]

The camera lens are Scratch proof. You can check a video by Witrigs on YouTube regarding Xperia X

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@WarmWinter wrote:
Hello everyone,

I bought Xperia X a few days ago and have question about it which Google can't answer...

What material is Xperia X main camera lens made of? Is it glass? Or scratch resistant glass like sapphire? Or maybe (but I hope not) plastic just like the one in Z5?

Should I invest on a lens cover? And will it impact to image quality?

Thank you!

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[psr323]

I dont think so. My phone camera lens has a couple of scratches on it