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by anArbitraryOne 893 days ago
Not quite. This is kind of complimentary to the anamorfake techniques in that it squeezes the image, which the lens mods don't do, but doesn't produce oval bokeh.

I got one on Ali Express for ~30 USD and I think it's pretty much the same as the more expensive ones elsewhere.

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If the bokeh was circular before, how can it not be oval after you flatten the image?
Good point, I should have said vertical oval bokeh. Desqueezing will produce slightly horizontal oval bokeh, but the tiny bokeh balls that smartphones are capable of being ~25% wider (not 33% as advertised) is going to make fuckall difference. For example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV-GGmTiyyc