iPhone SLR Mount turns a smartphone into a serious camera
 

On Thursday the Photojojo Store released the iPhone SLR Mount, a
hardware attachment that allows you to use your fancy Canon EOS or
Nikon SLR lenses while shooting pictures with your iPhone. It costs
$249 for the iPhone 4 version and $190 if you get it for the iPhone
3GS or iPhone 3G models.

"The iPhone4 takes pretty decent photos and gorgeous video, but its
limitation is the lens built into it that can't go wide or give you
shallow depth of field," said Amit Gupta, founder of Photojojo who
worked with a company in Hong Kong to get this product made. "But if
you use an SLR lens you can focus on a person or subject and blur out
the background for that shallow depth of field effect."

<more>
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/tech...de-camera.html

Re: iPhone SLR Mount turns a smartphone into a serious camera
 

On 29/07/2011 12:38 PM, charles wrote:
>
> "The iPhone4 takes pretty decent photos and gorgeous video, but its
> limitation is the lens built into it that can't go wide or give you
> shallow depth of field," said Amit Gupta, founder of Photojojo who
> worked with a company in Hong Kong to get this product made. "But if
> you use an SLR lens you can focus on a person or subject and blur out
> the background for that shallow depth of field effect."
>
> <more>
> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/tech...de-camera.html
>
Not one report on this silly gadget has anyone mentioned if there is a
FOV crop factor.

Mike

Re: iPhone SLR Mount turns a smartphone into a serious camera
 

In article <6eo537dqgdfc7qnpoademfmli6u6ir0ce3@4ax.com>,
charles <ckraftSPAMTRAP@west.net> wrote:

> On Thursday the Photojojo Store released the iPhone SLR Mount, a
> hardware attachment that allows you to use your fancy Canon EOS or
> Nikon SLR lenses while shooting pictures with your iPhone. It costs
> $249 for the iPhone 4 version and $190 if you get it for the iPhone
> 3GS or iPhone 3G models.
>
> "The iPhone4 takes pretty decent photos and gorgeous video, but its
> limitation is the lens built into it that can't go wide or give you
> shallow depth of field," said Amit Gupta, founder of Photojojo who
> worked with a company in Hong Kong to get this product made. "But if
> you use an SLR lens you can focus on a person or subject and blur out
> the background for that shallow depth of field effect."
>
> <more>
> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/tech...unt-turns-your
> -phone-into-a-professional-grade-camera.html

Manual focus, which the iPhone will be working hard to work against
with its autofocus.

Manual aperture. Only viable if you have really old lenses.

Shoots pictures upside-down (no reflector in lens mount)

Loses 2 f-stops of speed on every lens

This is one of the silliest things right now. No one in their right
mind would buy this.


--
Sandman[.net]

Re: iPhone SLR Mount turns a smartphone into a serious camera
 

charles <ckraftSPAMTRAP@west.net> wrote:
>On Thursday the Photojojo Store released the iPhone SLR Mount, a
>hardware attachment that allows you to use your fancy Canon EOS or
>Nikon SLR lenses while shooting pictures with your iPhone. It costs
>$249 for the iPhone 4 version and $190 if you get it for the iPhone
>3GS or iPhone 3G models.

ROFL!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There's...n_every_minute

--
Ray Fischer | Mendocracy (n.) government by lying
rfischer@sonic.net | The new GOP ideal

Re: iPhone SLR Mount turns a smartphone into a serious camera
 

On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:49:34 -0700, Savageduck
<savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:

>On 2011-07-29 09:38:15 -0700, charles <ckraftSPAMTRAP@west.net> said:
>
>> On Thursday the Photojojo Store released the iPhone SLR Mount, a
>> hardware attachment that allows you to use your fancy Canon EOS or
>> Nikon SLR lenses while shooting pictures with your iPhone. It costs
>> $249 for the iPhone 4 version and $190 if you get it for the iPhone
>> 3GS or iPhone 3G models.
>>
>> "The iPhone4 takes pretty decent photos and gorgeous video, but its
>> limitation is the lens built into it that can't go wide or give you
>> shallow depth of field," said Amit Gupta, founder of Photojojo who
>> worked with a company in Hong Kong to get this product made. "But if
>> you use an SLR lens you can focus on a person or subject and blur out
>> the background for that shallow depth of field effect."
>>
>> <more>
>> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/tech...de-camera.html
>
>Thursday?
>Oh!
>>
>You mean Thursday, July 7, not July 28.
>
>Anyway it is old news and a silly way to throw away $250. If you are
>going to carry the lens you might as well have it attached to a camera
>rather than a phone.

I'm on a Facebook group for photographers and that's exactly,
almost word for word what the guy who started the group said.

We ought to post that all over on as many discussion boards as
possible to teach them a lesson about releasing brain farts that
they've made reality.

And the iPhone might very well take "pretty decent photos"
compared to a lot of point and shoot cameras, but we should point out
to people the vast difference in quality between an SLR sensor taking
images in RAW format and the iPhone as well.

Re: iPhone SLR Mount turns a smartphone into a serious camera
 

Sandman wrote:
>
> > In article <6eo537dqgdfc7qnpoademfmli6u6ir0ce3@4ax.com>,
> > charles <ckraftSPAMTRAP@west.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Thursday the Photojojo Store released the iPhone SLR Mount, a
> > hardware attachment that allows you to use your fancy Canon EOS or
> > Nikon SLR lenses while shooting pictures with your iPhone. It costs
> > $249 for the iPhone 4 version and $190 if you get it for the iPhone
> > 3GS or iPhone 3G models.
> >
> > "The iPhone4 takes pretty decent photos and gorgeous video, but its
> > limitation is the lens built into it that can't go wide or give you
> > shallow depth of field," said Amit Gupta, founder of Photojojo who
> > worked with a company in Hong Kong to get this product made. "But if
> > you use an SLR lens you can focus on a person or subject and blur out
> > the background for that shallow depth of field effect."
> >
> > <more>
> > http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/tech...unt-turns-your
> > -phone-into-a-professional-grade-camera.html
>
> Manual focus, which the iPhone will be working hard to work against
> with its autofocus.
>
> Manual aperture. Only viable if you have really old lenses.
>
> Shoots pictures upside-down (no reflector in lens mount)
>
> Loses 2 f-stops of speed on every lens
>
> This is one of the silliest things right now. No one in their right
> mind would buy this.


Come now, Sandy. As you'd wanted people to be more tolerant of your
own, recent "Lensbaby" purchase -- you, yourself, should be a bit
more broad-minded, in judging this new "iPhone SLR Mount" gadget.

--
Cordially,
John Turco <jtur@concentric.net>

Marie's Musings <http://fairiesandtails.blogspot.com>

Re: iPhone SLR Mount turns a smartphone into a serious camera
 

In article <4E3C8637.C6D59C7A@concentric.net>,
John Turco <jtur@concentric.net> wrote:

> > Manual focus, which the iPhone will be working hard to work against
> > with its autofocus.
> >
> > Manual aperture. Only viable if you have really old lenses.
> >
> > Shoots pictures upside-down (no reflector in lens mount)
> >
> > Loses 2 f-stops of speed on every lens
> >
> > This is one of the silliest things right now. No one in their right
> > mind would buy this.
>
> Come now, Sandy. As you'd wanted people to be more tolerant of your
> own, recent "Lensbaby" purchase -- you, yourself, should be a bit
> more broad-minded, in judging this new "iPhone SLR Mount" gadget.

Please, Janey. :)

I wouldn't have minded if someone would have called the lens baby the
silliest thing right now and say that one wouldn't be right in their
mind to buy one, some even hinted at opinions in that direction even!
:)

I stand by my assessment of this product! :-D


--
Sandman[.net]

Re: iPhone SLR Mount turns a smartphone into a serious camera
 

Sandman <mr@sandman.net> wrote:

> Manual focus, which the iPhone will be working hard to work against
> with its autofocus.

So you only need to manual focus roughly, the rest is done
with AF.

> Manual aperture. Only viable if you have really old lenses.

Use wide open. Or use depth preview while taking the lens
off.

> Shoots pictures upside-down (no reflector in lens mount)

Surely an app will be forthcoming that auto-rotates the
images.

> Loses 2 f-stops of speed on every lens

You don't lose any f/stop.
You do lose 2 t-stops, if what you say is true.
Which isn't too bad.

> This is one of the silliest things right now. No one in their right
> mind would buy this.

Lots of people buy iPhones in first place ...

-Wolfgang

Re: iPhone SLR Mount turns a smartphone into a serious camera
 

In article <mju5h8-t8a.ln1@ID-52418.user.berlin.de>,
Wolfgang Weisselberg <ozcvgtt02@sneakemail.com> wrote:

> > Manual focus, which the iPhone will be working hard to work against
> > with its autofocus.
>
> So you only need to manual focus roughly, the rest is done
> with AF.

Huh? Depending on your aperture, manual focus is anything but
"roughly". The iPhone can't focus on anything unless the lens is in
perfect focus first.

> > Shoots pictures upside-down (no reflector in lens mount)
>
> Surely an app will be forthcoming that auto-rotates the
> images.

But the popular ones won't.


--
Sandman[.net]

Re: iPhone SLR Mount turns a smartphone into a serious camera
 

Sandman <mr@sandman.net> wrote:
> In article <mju5h8-t8a.ln1@ID-52418.user.berlin.de>,
> Wolfgang Weisselberg <ozcvgtt02@sneakemail.com> wrote:

>> > Manual focus, which the iPhone will be working hard to work against
>> > with its autofocus.

>> So you only need to manual focus roughly, the rest is done
>> with AF.

> Huh? Depending on your aperture, manual focus is anything but
> "roughly". The iPhone can't focus on anything unless the lens is in
> perfect focus first.

Ah --- you're right, I was thinking of an air image, not of
ground glass.

In which case you'll not work too hard against the AF, since
the sharpest image is the (possibly quite unsharp) image of the
ground glass.

>> > Shoots pictures upside-down (no reflector in lens mount)

>> Surely an app will be forthcoming that auto-rotates the
>> images.

> But the popular ones won't.

Then they won't be popular with the people who use this
system.

-Wolfgang