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

I think I want one.

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I can't help but think that the tripod mounting holes are in the wrong places.

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Actually, I now can't help think that the iPhone is noisy enough without something like an f5.6 being put in front of it as well.

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Do you have to take into account a crop factor for the lens? By sensor size wouldn't this be around 7.5x? A 70-200mm becomes a 525-1500mm :lol:

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I can’t help thinking that that’s one of the most idiotic things I’ve seen for a long time. It’s a phone - you are still using the phone’s optics for the image, you are still using it’s puny CCD. Bolting a highly expensive lens onto a phone is asking for trouble.

What’s that? You can’t control the aperture on your DSLR lens? :lol:

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What’s that? You can’t control the aperture on your DSLR lens? :lol:


Unless you get a proper SLR lens with an aperture ring. ;)

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What’s that? You can’t control the aperture on your DSLR lens? :lol:


Unless you get a proper SLR lens with an aperture ring. ;)


I have a couple of those kicking around. What’s that? No Ricoh fit? Pffttt.....

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Looking at the FAQ tells me that much is wrong with this beyond the aperture control fail:

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Q: Hold up, why are the images upside down?

A: The SLR Mount doesn't have any mirrors inside. Usually there's a mirror inside your camera that flips the image right-side up. But iPhones are indeed mirror-less, so you'll have to rotate the images using an editing app.


OK - so no camera app to compensate for this then? Welcome to the 1800s photography folks!

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My images are coming out a tad darker than I'd like, what's the deal?


Let’s have a think about this for a moment before we get to the answer. Lens, lens and another lens, some of these being lower quality plastic (more that likley the one in the iPhone isn’t that great).

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We've found that you'll lose about 1 to 2 f-stops when using the adapter. Using an older lens with a manual aperture ring helps control this. Otherwise you may need to brighten up the images in post.


TWO f-stops? Bloody hell, that’ll make some of the kit lenses more challenging. Also note that this will not work with the sort focus lenses (EF-S fits on Canon), so the bundled lenses with your prosumer camera DSLR won’t work.

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Looking at the FAQ tells me that much is wrong with this beyond the aperture control fail:

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Q: Hold up, why are the images upside down?

A: The SLR Mount doesn't have any mirrors inside. Usually there's a mirror inside your camera that flips the image right-side up. But iPhones are indeed mirror-less, so you'll have to rotate the images using an editing app.


OK - so no camera app to compensate for this then? Welcome to the 1800s photography folks!



Uhm, more than this, it's [LIFTED]. The only mirror is the one for the viewfinder.

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Uhm, more than this, it's [LIFTED]. The only mirror is the one for the viewfinder.


Who wrote the answers to the FAQs? :shock:

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$249.00 excluding lens and camera body...

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