Below are a batch of sample shots my brother Terry and I took with my iPhone DSLR lens mount Prototype 1.1
I recently finished building a model of Frank Llyod Wright’s Falling Water out of Legos, and we thought it would be an adequate subject to shoot. Without having any studio lights we illuminated the subject using a desk lamp. As a comparison, we took some shots with the iPhone only to compare them with shots taken with Prototype 1.1
These were taken in the evening after I got off work, the only time I have to sit and tinker with my little projects =)
 Lego House 1 taken with iPhone only |
 Lego House 1 taken with iPhone, DOF Adapter, and DSLR Lens |
 Lego House 2 taken with iPhone only |
 Lego House 2 taken with iPhone, DOF Adapter, and DSLR Lens |
 Lego House 3 taken with iPhone only |
 Lego House 3 taken with iPhone, DOF adapter, and DSL lens |
Lego House 3 Optical Zoom
Now before you go and criticize the quality or composition of the pictures, remember that I’m not a professional photographer. Heck I’m not even an enthusiast. I just like to tinker. So I’m sure that someone with some real photography talent could come up with some much better photographs.
Having said that, some of the biggest problems I found is that the iPhone automatically sets exposure levels and white balance to what it thinks is the best. That is why pictures come out looking white washed or too dark. There is an app called “almostDSL” that allows you to reset the levels by tapping on the screen but it does not allow you to set it to specific levels.
We also wanted to try some macro shots. Below are a few of the shots we took with a 10x macro filter on my Canon 35mm-80mm lens mounted on my iPhone.
Lego House 4 Macro photo from iPhone DSLR Lens Mount 1.1
Lego House 5 Macro photo from iPhone DSLR Lens Mount 1.1
Lego House 6 Macro photo from iPhone DSLR Lens Mount 1.1
Lego House 7 Macro photo from iPhone DSLR Lens Mount 1.1
Stamp Macro photo from iPhone DSLR Lens Mount 1.1
Hopefully, I’ll get more time to test the output in some better lighting conditions and I’ll post what I find. Check back soon!
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Great update for your project, first shot with the last prototype.
I think that the lighting is not good .. also the subject appears out of focus (or micromoves). But they are better then without DSRL lens.
Nice the stamp macro photo!
Good job
Thanks Max! I know the lighting isn’t the best… but I really didn’t have any other light aside from my desk lamp. I think the “micromoves” is because you cannot control shutterspeed or exposure settings. Not sure though. But I think that with better lighting the quality of the pictures could be a lot better. Check out my post on Experimenting with Mobile Photo Editting
After much experimentation with my iPhone 4 in different lighting situations, I’ve come to realise that the iPhone 4 sensor has very poor low light sensitivity. The grainy photos are useful for black and white photography but the quality of low light colour images is terrible.