Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/08

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Subject: [Leica] iPhone SLR Mount turns a smartphone into a serious camera
From: ken at iisaka.com (Ken Iisaka)
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 20:08:18 -0700
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Huh? Given that an iPhone4 is more expensive than many digital bodies, why
would anyone do this, except to show that it can be done?

The veiling flare on the dog shot is terrible, and nothing is critically
sharp.

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 7:37 PM, John McMaster <john at 
chiaroscuro.co.nz>wrote:

> http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/iphone-slr-mount/
>
> john
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+john=chiaroscuro.co.nz at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+john=chiaroscuro.co.nz at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Bob
> Shaw
> Sent: Saturday, 9 July 2011 3:55 a.m.
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] iPhone SLR Mount turns a smartphone into a serious camera
>
> No Kidding!
>
> Sitting here at kitchen table crunching my granola and blueberries, reading
> this morning's LA Times and there's the headline, complete with a photo of
> the adaptor and a Canon long lens about to be bayonetted onto the iPhone.
> Some offshore outfit named Photojo (dot com, of course).
>
> Immediately made me think of the R8/9 Leica kit i sold and how much fun it
> would be to crank on, say, the 28-90 ASPH or the 70-180 APO and fire away.
>
> Makes me chuckle when friends would get killer tele shot and read, at
> bottom
> of email, "Sent from my 1Phone 4..." with no mention of the actual lens
> used
> in the shot.
>
> Teenie Weenie PhoneCam, Ginormous Herking Superbo lens.  Man Bites Dog.
>  The
> Lens That Ate Rhode Island.  Boggles the mind.
>
> Ah luv...be sure to hold your new rig by the lens, dear...oops!  Peeled the
> screen away from the lovely stainless frame there, huh?
>
> $250 bucks US?  You know they're gonna sell some.
>
> Gotta tell ya, after 3,000 plus shots, mostly for my landscape business,
> many times I wished for a WA and a Tele.  too much of a wimp to carry the
> 5D
> kit around i my pickup.
>
> Let's see what happens with this iLeica contraption,
>
>
> Cheers,  Bob in Seattle
> Bob Shaw
>
>
> rsphotoimages at comcast.net
>
>
>
>
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-- 
Ken Iisaka
first name at last name dot org or com


In reply to: Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] IMGs: Across the street - July 4th)
Message from rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler) ([Leica] IMGs: Across the street - July 4th)
Message from rsphotoimages at comcast.net (Bob Shaw) ([Leica] iPhone SLR Mount turns a smartphone into a serious camera)
Message from john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] iPhone SLR Mount turns a smartphone into a serious camera)