• Digital King's Fish-eye magnet mount conversion lens for the iPhone looks promising (video)

    Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

    Dr. Serkan Toto is an independent consultant and advisor focusing on Japan’s web, mobile and social gaming industries. Based in Tokyo, he works together with financial institutions and startups worldwide. Serkan has been the Japan contributor for TechCrunch.com since 2008. He is sept-lingual, holds an MBA and is a PhD in economics. → Learn More

    lens_iphone_As far as the hardware is concerned, one of the biggest weaknesses of the iPhone is the camera (although I personally think it’s enough to take the occasional shot here and there), prompting accessory makers especially from Asia to come up with add-on lenses. Crunchgear featured these three times so far.

    Most of them are cheap and seem to be pretty crappy. But a new conversion lens from a brand called Digital King [JP] looks a bit more promising.

    The fish-eye lens can be attached to the iPhone camera through a mount system thats uses magnets and a metal ring. so no news there. But wwo factors hint at an acceptable quality. First, the lens is made in Japan and second, it costs a whopping $100. But no release date has been announced so far.

    The video below shows how the Digital King conversion lens works.

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