back to article Olloclip three-in-one lens

So Apple’s surprise non-announcement last week still made your original iPhone 4 feel a bit less special? Well, before you ditch and switch, maybe this is the alternative: bling up! Olloclip three-in-one lens accessory for iPhone Olloclip is a three-in-one lens attachment that adds plenty of extra zing to the iPhone 4’s …

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  2. Robert E A Harvey
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    That's actually quite cool.

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Coat

    Needs a fake scar.

    If you put this on your phone, you also need:

    1) A fake scar sticker

    2) a white cat (or possibly LOLcat).

    "Do you expect me to talk?"

    "No Mr. Jobs, I expect you to DIE."

  4. Jacobs Mark
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    Looks like a shooter scope

    Those bikers used these to rob the Apple store?

  5. PhilipN Silver badge

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    I tried one of these on a Razr a few years ago.

    AND :

    Love at first sight

    EXCEPT :

    You can't keep your bloody hands still!!!

  6. Jon Massey
    FAIL

    Not only barrel distortion...

    You don't have to get far off-centre on that WA shot before it turns into a smeary mess :(

    If I want to take a smallish camera, then I'll grab my Pentax 645NII and a few rolls of Velvia (when the 4x5 is just too big).

  7. AndyS
    Meh

    Inventor?

    Pedant moment, but this annoys me. One does not "invent" a gadget.

  8. Some Beggar
    Meh

    Bleary smeary yuck yuck.

    Barrell distortion and smeary horror is pretty much inevitable with these sort of extension/adapter lenses. You can get away with a macro extension but widening the field of view is an optical nightmare when you already have a lens between you and the film/sensor.

    (imagine I've inserted a back-of-envelope ray diagram here)

    See? Nightmare. The only way to make a decent wide angle adapter is to take a drill and remove the existing lens first.

    The fisheye gets away with it because it embraces the distortion.

  9. Anonymous Coward
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    Will this work on a 4S as well or does no-one know yet...?

    1. Jacobs Mark

      Same shell so yes. Unless there have been minor tweaks?

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