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iPhone Lens Dial takes phone photography to the next level

Sure, there are all sorts of digital photo filters you can use with your iPhone’s camera, but if you’ve ever longed for the simple pleasure of a real fisheye lens, this could be the tool for you.

The iPhone Lens Dial is an aluminum case for the iPhone 4 and 4S that offers a wheel-like attachment with three lenses — Wide Angle, Fisheye, and Telephoto — that align with your phone’s existing camera optic. The case also comes with two tripod mounts for portrait or landscape shots.

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If nothing else, it makes iPhone photography feel like a trip to the optometrist — which is always lots of fun, right? (Okay, we were stretching for that one.)

The lenses included in the dial are a high-quality 0.7x Wide Angle, a 0.33x Fisheye, and a 1.5x Telephoto, with the entire kit costing $250 at Photojojo.

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