Rawrgirls Review . . . Holga Special Lens And Filter Case For iPhone 4/4S!

My phone provider 3 sent me a fun little gadget to play with for my iPhone 4S because (sorry, not sorry) I take most of my blog pics with the iPhone camera! The Holga iPhone 4/4S Lens Filter and Case Kit is around £12-£13, and this handy little clip on attachment gives you 9 lens and filter options in one click!

I've taken some pics of two of my fave recent purchases, Funko Pop She-Ra (I collect these cuties), and a yummy gold cuff (that actually looks like the ones She-Ra wears!) from New Look. Behold!

1. Empty Hole - For taking images with no effect, but you still get quite a nice shadow frame effect which I like.

2. Blue Filter with Clear Centre - Mimics a gentle moon atmosphere, orrrrrr puts your subject in a spotlight, either way, pretty cool.

3. Yellow Filter with Clear Centre - Mimics the sunset. I suspect this one works better on a natural subject outdoors; flowers, landscape, animals etc.



4. Red Filter with Clear Heart Shaped Centre - Reduces absorption of blue and green lights, with a heart shaped centre to stand out. Cute, but my iPhone found it difficult to focus through this lens, maybe I was too close I don't know, though I guess this does add to the soft focus, romantic look of the shot! It kind of makes me want to sing Carpenters songs . . .



5. Green Filter - Enhances green colours. It's fun, and there's a lot of scope for pretending to be an alien or under the sea in selfies.



6. Red Filter -  Reduces absorption of blue and green light. If you're into bedroom photography, this one could be really hot, especially with that peekaboo dark frame. I bet Tara cringes when she reads this *evil laugh* ;)



7. Dual Image Lens - Produces 2 identical images similar to a Holga 2 way split filter. In-ter-est-innnnnng. I imagine this would be awesome for skyline or cityscape shots. I need to practice some more.

8. Triple Image Lens - Produces 3 identical images similar to a Holga 3 way split filter. This is more fun than the dual image lens. I can see myself using this for outfit shots to trip you all out.

9. Quadruple Image Lens -  Produces 4 identical images similar to a Holga 4 way split filter. I don't like it as much as the Triple Image Lens, but I'm going to give it a go with single jewellery piece or cosmetic images. I really just need to have a good play with these ones to get the most out of them.



10. 60mm Macro Lens - This is the jewel in the Holga's very pretty crown. I have an Olloclip that retails at 5 times the price of this little kit, and it doesn't macro at 60mm as well as this bad boy. My boyfriend takes toy pics on Instagram and he LOVES this lens for close ups of those tiny faces. It's only our humble opinion, but if you take a lot of close ups on your iPhone, it's worth getting this lens kit for the 60mm Macro Lens alone. DO IT. By the way Funko, poor paint job guys, tut tut ;)

So overall, fine holiday fun, two thumbs up to Holga for this pretty nifty little gadget, and big thanks to 3 for treating me! What do you guys think? I know I must be the only blogger left in the country without a DSLR, taking snaps on an iPhone camera (and I know it shows at times), but everyone loves to Instagram on the move right? Is this something you could see yourself using instead of an app or instafilter?

J - Whyyyyy doooooo biiiiiirds . . . .