When the iPhone 4S was released with its improved rear facing camera it quickly become one of the most popular devices for taking pictures. Of course that’s also due to the fact that as Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Barry Staver once said in regard to what’s the best camera, “It’s the one you have with you.”.
There are now multiple accessories that you can add to your iPhone 4S to enhance its photo taking qualities and the latest is the Olloclip a three in one pocket sized kit that includes a Fisheye, wide-angle and macro lens.
One of the great things about the Olloclip is it’s size and the fact that all the lenses are in one piece with the macro lens being accessed by unscrewing the wide-angle lens. This means that it’s very easy to carry with you especially given that it comes with it’s own little carrying case.
The lens fits the top left corner of the iPhone, coincidentally exactly where the iPhones camera lens is! It slides into place with a slither cut out to fit over the sleep button and while it fits tighlty enough to stay in place while taking photo’s you won’t want to throw your iPhone around too much as the Olloclip may fall off.
With the lens in place you are ready to take your pictures, presuming you’ve remembered to take the lens cap off of course! The results are pretty impressive, using my beloved Mini Cooper as my inspiration I first took a picture without a lens and then two shots, one with the wide-angle lens and another with the fisheye, the results of which you can see attached, and both impressed me very much, especially the additional real estate that was added to the wide-angle photograph.
Some additional shots from closer up emphasized the fisheye results and all of these were taken within seconds of each other thanks to how easily the Olloclip is to switch out. I then moved inside to take some shots with the macro lens.
Using a dime I took a picture as close as I could both with and without the Olloclip macro lens and considering I was inside using artificial light I was still impressed with the the results especially considering the slight camera shake! I look forward to attempting to getting some closeup shots outdoors of some wildlife once the weather warms up a little.
The Olloclip retails at $69.99 and is available via their website given the impressive results that it produces it’s well worth it. It a pocket sized powerhouse that really packs a punch.
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Kiki Fish Review: Kiki is a terrified little fish in a big ocean. He’s not much of a swimmer but he can be flung around to either capture or avoid the passing sea life.
Kiki doesn’t go far; it feels a bit like bouncing off the walls of an aquarium. But the little space abounds with items to be captured or avoided. The game has a “falling from the sky” paradigm. Objects float through the water from top to bottom. Stars are good and urchins are bad, among other things. You control Kiki in the style of Angry Birds, by touching the screen, turning him in the correct direction, pulling back a bit, and lifting your finger to let him dart away.
Like any fish, Kiki can be a bit slippery to control. He can spin and bounce and be a bit much to get turned in the right direction. But that’s part of the appeal. About the time you think you’re doing well, you find he’s flipped upside down and darts off the other way. And he’s not a very precise swimmer, so the proximity of the good items to the bad items can tax your skills.
Kiki is a cute little thing in a beautiful environment. Bright primary colors make it a happy game and make it easy to spot the elements. There’s no music, but fun sound effects provide feedback. Both sight and sound support the simple nature of the game.
I wasn’t able to play Kiki Fish on my iPhone as I have a CDMA device. Kiki Fish requires iOS 4.3, and the CDMA machines aren’t on that version yet. However, it worked just fine on my 1st gen iPad. Word has it that a soon-to-be-released update will allow it to be installed on CDMA iPhones. And there is also a native iPad version on its way as well.
Kiki Fish ($.99, App Store) is a happy, uncomplicated game that proves to be more difficult than it appears. If you’ve played enough Angry Birds and want something just a bit different, check out Kiki Fish to test your flinging skills.
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FishStar Review: Located in a colourful marine world shoot the passing fish to score points and unlock new challenges.
To play the game you shoot at the fish to score points. You do this by tapping the screen where you want your shooter to hit. When you see a fish if you tap on or near the fish it will shoot in that spot. You need to remember though that if the fish is a fast swimmer it may have moved by the time you hit it. So you need to plan slightly where you think it might be heading and aim the shooter accordingly.
You can then use your fishing score points to play Wheel Of Fortune. When playing you might win more coins or get a challenge to win coins. These challenges can be mermaids or bubbles. For the mermaid challenge there are different mermaids with different awards and obstacles. Lucy who you can just shoot at, Medea who is protected by a shell wall which you need to break and Lucia who needs protection from an evil shark. Achieve all these and you earn more coins to play with.
If you get the bubble challenge it is a mixture of bubbles and coins to shoot at. Using the thornback fish if you shoot and pop the bubbles there are bonus coins inside to win. All of these adding up to your normal scoring points and giving you more coins to play with.
You get 100 coins to play, each coin lets you shoot once. When you have used all your coins up you then have to either make sure you hit and score more coins, wait until the next free coins are available or you can buy additional coins in packs of 300, 1000 or 2000 all at different price range. The coins don’t actually last that long though so you do need to make sure you earn the extra coins if you don’t want to stop playing or pay for any more.
The marine world and fish are all very colourful and eye catching. Although the game is suitable for any age it is sure to please a child and is easy enough for them to play on their own.
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If you’ve ever wanted a goldfish but didn’t want the hassle of the feeding, cleaning and inevitable death then perhaps a virtual one is the answer. Now there are many options when it comes to virtual goldfish but none quite like the goldfish that is part of the game ‘Last Fish’.
In Last Fish for iPhone you take control of a glowing white silhouette of a gold fish as it swims in the darkest of waters.
You control the fish using the accelerometer as it swims around the dark screen with the glow of his white body creating additional visibility in the darkness.
The game is split into two game types, levels and arcade. Levels consists of 45 levels with increasingly difficult challenges. The challenges vary from surviving a given length of time, collecting a stream of rings to building your health up to a certain level.
All this is done while avoiding the goo that saps your energy and in later levels the dark fish that chase you, also in an attempt to sap your energy.
The Arcade mode consists of five levels where your challenge is to survive as long as possible. Each level gets increasingly difficult and is unlocked based on your success in the Levels part of the game.
The game is dark, moody and atmospheric and with the Open Feint integration adding achievements and leaderboards Last Fish is an intriguing fun game for all ages.
$0.99 (View in iTunes)
Category: Games
Released: Dec 14, 2010
Version: 1.0
1.0
9.1 MB
Language: English
Seller: Filipe Lemos
© 2010 Filipe Lemos
Rated 9+ for the following:
Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later
Trawling the North Sea for fish to feed an irate Viking Queen is not necessarily the standard fare when it comes to gaming story lines but that’s the story in Hungry Helga HD and it works surprisingly well.
The game is bright and colorful and looks great on the iPad’s screen. It plays in portrait mode which splits the screen in approximately in half with Helga upon her Viking ship on the top half and large schools of fish swimming in the sea beneath.
The game is simple to pick up and play and after a brief tutorial you’ll be thrown into the action. You control both the bombing of the fish and the collection of them as they float dead on the surface.
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Touch the iPad screen will determine the location of where the bomb will explode. However, the fish are progressively more and more active so you will have to predict where the fish are going to be when the bomb explodes as this will be a split second after you have touched the screen.
The dead fish will float to the surface and then tilting the device will move your ship with Helga on board towards them allowing the first mate, Gunkel, can collect them and feed Helga.
Scoring is based on the speed and accuracy of your work so it’s important to work as quickly as possible to feed Helga all of the fish that are available as once all the fish are dead you only have a limited amount of time to get them all to her.
As you progress through the levels you will find additional challenges in your attempts to keep Helga well fed. Icebergs block path of your vessel to parts of the screen meaning that any dead fish beyond the iceberg remain inaccessible, while sharks will eat from the same school of fish that you are fishing from. These additional challenges adds extra fun to the game.
Luckily help is on hand from none other than Hungry Helga herself who when well fed will offer up a power-up that will stun or kill a large amount of fish for you to grab hold of much more easily.
The game is linear in nature, this means that you will always find yourself starting at level one once the game is over. Your games are recorded to local leaderboard allowing you to compare your scores with other players on your iPad.
The sound effects and in game music are nice and certainly don’t get to annoying despite the loop that the music is on. You can always listen to your iPod tracks should you wish too though.
Hungry Helga HD is an enjoyable game which will entertain both young and old alike. It’s not immensely challenging but you enjoy it while it lasts.
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Reviewed on an Apple iPad
$2.99 (View in iTunes)
Category: Games
Released: Oct 22, 2010
Version: 1.0
1.0
17.3 MB
Language: English
Seller: Wade Lutgen
© 2010 Grid Monsters
Rated 4+
Requirements:Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later