You guys know about Kickstarter right? RIGHT? Well if you don’t, you will by the end of this post. Kickstarter is a very cool website that acts as a funding platform for new and innovative projects. Did you also know that there are some extra clever folks out there who are coming up with brilliant inventions to improve the iPhone camera? These are truly the iPhone accessories of the future and you're gonna want at least one of them...if not all of them!  

If you’re already familiar with Kickstarter, you may have seen the recent and very successful project Olloclip, a three-way clip-on lens for the iPhone 4. The Olloclip is a quick-connect lens that includes fisheye, macro, and wide-angle in one and the project was over 454% funded, meaning there’s a whole lotta people who want the Olloclip! Don’t worry if you missed the funding, you can sign up on the Olloclip website to be notified when the product hits the market, which frankly, we’re hoping is very very soon. 

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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Olloclip</em></p>
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Next up is Red Pop another popular and already successful project on Kickstarter. Red Pop is an iPhone accessory that adds a big red shutter button to the end of the phone ensuring that you never miss that perfect shot again! Red Pop is a simple, but really effective and stylish bit of kit that makes taking photos on your iPhone that much easier. 

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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Red Pop</em></p>
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Moving on, iShuttr is an iPhone case that turns your camera into a real point & shoot – complete with shutter button, built-in flash, tripod mount, and external battery. What’s particularly good about this project is the external battery as iPhoneography is a battery hungry hobby; so extra battery is a major bonus for anyone who picks up the iShuttr. 

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<div><a title="iShuttr - innovative iPhone accessories" href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rhaleluk/ishuttr-the-ultimate-camera-accessory-for-the-ipho?ref=search" target="_blank">[imageeffect type="frame" align="aligncenter" width="478" height="357" alt="" url="http://thebeginnerslens.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ishuttr.png"]</a></div>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>iShuttr</em></p>
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Now with the recent announcement of the iOS 5 features coming in the fall which will turn the volume button on the iPhone into a shutter for the native camera does leave us a bit concerned for iShuttr and Red Pop as this simple improvement to the iPhone firmware reduces the need for any external hardware…so we’re very interested to see what happens upon the release of iOS 5 with regards to these two projects. 

And last but not least, check out the Dot: 360°, a panoramic lens attachment for the iPhone 4. This useful little gadget attaches to your iPhone in a snap and lets you take immersive, fully navigable panoramic video with your iPhone. And it fits into your pocket when not in use…score!   

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<div><a title="Dot 360 - innovative iPhone accessories" href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dot/dot-360o-video-capture-for-the-iphone-4?ref=live" target="_blank">[imageeffect type="frame" align="aligncenter" width="478" height="357" alt="" url="http://thebeginnerslens.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dot360.png"]</a></div>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Dot 360</em></p>
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 We’ve already got our eye on a few of these, and we expect you will want them too, so get busy pledging! 
