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Want to take photos around corners like a real spy? Scope out the Smartphone Spy Lens.
(Credit: Photojojo)
We love the idea of a smartphone periscope letting you use your camera as a way of peeking sneakily around corners and even snapping photos from a different angle. (We don’t recommend you do this without the subject’s permission, though, because that’s just creepy.)
Last year, we saw the HiLo lens, a right-angle lens attachment for iPhones, hit Kickstarter (and succeed). Although it looks well made, for US$69.95 plus shipping, it’s a little more than many are comfortable spending on a smartphone accessory, and may not work for curved phones.
Photojojo is about to come out with a slightly more affordable solution: the Smartphone Spy Lens for just US$20 (plus shipping). It’s not as fancy as the HiLo, which contains three lenses and a prism; instead, it uses a mirror at a 45-degree angle. This can be rotated so that you can take photos from any position.
It has a magnetic ring on its base; included with the periscope is an adhesive metal ring that you can stick around your phone’s camera lens. The periscope can then be magnetically mounted.
It’s a system that works great with pretty much any phone on the market — and, while you’re at it, a range of lens attachments. While you’re there, you may as well combine shipping, right?
(Credit: Photojojo)
