iPhone SLR mount.

[RobDickinson]

http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/iphone-slr-...

Looks funny at first but seems like halfway to a good idea.

Its all about convergence I guess, phone has a great screen, controls,gps,comms, storage, processing, ability to run a whole suite of software your camera cant ( byThom is talking all about this too). It just lacks a good sensor and lens mount..

[LongQ]

How many people remember the Leonard Rossiter TV where he ran the GROT empire?

This looks like it would be a perfect GROT product. However post financial meltdown marketing strategies suggest they should be charging much more for the adapter in order to make it truly a thing for people's desires. Around the same price as an iPhone would make it aspirational and a superbly effective way to take 'artistic' quality images.

The big surprise it that they have started out with Nikon and Canon lens mounts. Had they gone for the more traditional quality mounts Leica owners et al, at least those with the more expensive lenses tucked away in a cupboard at home somewhere, would have been knocking down the doors demanding to buy multiple adapters for instant delivery to their secure storage facility of choice. What an investment!

I have to say that they seem to have been very, er, honest with the image quality on the web page. It's a long time since I have seen anything like that.

Edited by LongQ on Friday 8th July 00:48

[rottie102]

RobDickinson said:

http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/iphone-slr-...

Looks funny at first but seems like halfway to a good idea.

Its all about convergence I guess, phone has a great screen, controls,gps,comms, storage, processing, ability to run a whole suite of software your camera cant ( byThom is talking all about this too). It just lacks a good sensor and lens mount..

Stupid idea IMO.

1) sensor size
2) no mention of any app that comes with it. Can you adjust aperture and shutter speed in iPhone's camera app?
3) you look ridiculous using it
4) you can get a very decent compact for $249
5) who on earth will carry just the lens? If you have the lens - you have the body. Why would you use the crappy iphone then?

[RobDickinson]

LongQ said:

The big surprise it that they have started out with Nikon and Canon lens mounts.

They are the most popular lenses to have , and if you have a leica you probably will carry it with you easier than a canon SLR right?

Also you can put an adapter on the canon mount one to use just about any lens (I assume).

I think the implementation is expensive and the practicalities are rough for this product but the convergence of it is in the right way.

[LongQ]

RobDickinson said:

LongQ said:

The big surprise it that they have started out with Nikon and Canon lens mounts.

They are the most popular lenses to have , and if you have a leica you probably will carry it with you easier than a canon SLR right?

Also you can put an adapter on the canon mount one to use just about any lens (I assume).

I think the implementation is expensive and the practicalities are rough for this product but the convergence of it is in the right way.

Sorry Rob, I was trying to be ironic ...

Just read the FAQs.

Maybe someone is ahead of me on marketing strategy and perhaps they have already over-inflated the price.

I take you point about convergence there are already some excellent phone cameras out there, just not from Apple.

That recently announced smart camers device that, allegedly, allows you to focus different bits of an image at will is, assuming that's not another 'nearly-maybe' research project, would be a more likely convergence route for anyone seeking photos with apparent DoF. Assuming, of course, that they can deliver on resolution and find some way of the programming with the data to simulate regular optical physics - or at least produce something that leads our brains to think the they .

I'm assuming that if they can do that then lens optics design will become rather secondary for almost everything except initial resolution - which may need to be very good indeed.

In Caon terms the IPhone gizmo would actually have made more sense (for Canon compatibility) if they had provided FD mount facilities. At least you would then have both focus and aperture under manual control together with a very low buy in cost and some relatively compact lenses. But how many people would know how to use them? Or wish to?

Must be a leftover from 1st April ...

[raf_gti]

I'd like to see an App where the camera could download to the iPhone over a WiFi connection, possibly even with full camera control, imagine having multiple flashes etc all controlled from one handy little app.

[LongQ]

raf_gti said:

I'd like to see an App where the camera could download to the iPhone over a WiFi connection, possibly even with full camera control, imagine having multiple flashes etc all controlled from one handy little app.

You would need to persuade the camera manufacturers that providing an developement kit for remote camera control is a positive idea. Some do provide for some models but many of the more obviously useful products where full or nearly full control is possible (eg bridge type cameras where the zoom lens can be controlled) seem to be de-supported as new models have been released.

One wonders why.

There are, for some products, Wi-Fi gadgets available for direct network connection. Not cheap though.

Several years ago Canon produced the Ixus Wireless. I have one. I don't think they sold many. Mine may be unique. It eats battery power. The network connection, when I could get it to work, was flakey. Plus if the link was lost it had to be reset from the camera which was of little use for my purpose since I wanted remote control of the camera.