This Case Adds Four Extra Camera Lenses to Your iPhone

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Smartphone cameras are quickly replacing point-and-shoots in pockets, everywhere.

While users can definitely take some impressive shots with an iPhone camera, they're limited by its built-in lens. One accessory-maker is trying to expand lens options for cellphone cameras by offering a protective case with five additional lenses.

Called WoW, the smart-lens case has a built-in Macro lens for taking photos up close, a wide-angle lens, cameo function and a polarized neutral-density lens. All four lenses — along with an option to use your iPhone’s lens — are built into a spindle on the rear of the case.

The WoW case is currently seeking $50,000 in funding on Kickstarter, and has raised a little over $5,000 towards that goal.

What do you think of the WoW case? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

Report by : Emily Price

This Camera Is the World's Tiniest Digital Fisheye

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Canon claimed the smallest and lightest DSLR in March, but one photo enthusiast is going a step further with a key chain-sized digital lo-fi point-and-shoot.

After shooting with toy cameras, researcher Greg Dash became hooked on the random results and reveal that came with developing film. However, he couldn't share all his film photos digitally and on top of that, was unable to find a decent-priced fisheye lens for his SLR. He decided to make his own.

Dash's camera body is about as thick as an iPhone 5, takes HD video and has a 170 degree fisheye lens. Photos are stored on a microSD card and the battery charges via USB. Check out the video, above, for more.

Aside from its size, the camera's biggest feature is the surprise. There's no screen to look back on your photos, so users get the experience of film.

"What's missing is the reveal — thats the part of shooting with film that I love the most, finding out what you've managed to capture," Dash tells Mashable. "So I tried to replicate that by making it so that you have to 'develop' your pictures by plugging it in to reveal what you captured."

Other convenient, small lenses attach magnetically to your smartphone, allowing users to take photos quickly on the go. But Dash says iPhone lenses don't give you a camera feel, making it almost too easy.

With the mini camera, you won't have to miss an opportunity by going to an app. You can also snap pictures in tight spaces to achieve extreme angles — Dash put the camera in between the gaps of a monkey cage to get up close.

The device will go into mass production if the project raises nearly $45,000 on Indiegogo. Backers can buy the tiny camera for $84 with estimated shipping in June, pending the fundraising goal is reached.

What do you think of Dash's digital fisheye? Let us know in the comments.

Report by : Camille Bautista