Here are Photos/Pictures of my iPhone DSLR Prototype 1.0 This is my first attempt at putting together an iPhone DSLR. You might ask… Why pair an iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, or iPhone 4 with a DSLR lens? Why not!
Apple has updated its iPhone 4 camera and now has 5-megapixels still frames, HD video, and an LED flash. Put that together with a DSLR lens, and you’ve got a device that can shoot amazing images/video with SLR lenses, edit them on the fly, and share them on the internet all in one device.
iPhoneDSLR Prototype 1.0 Photo A
iPhoneDSLR Prototype 1.0 Photo B
iPhoneDSLR Prototype 1.0 Photo C
Mount:
The mount currently fits only Canon EF lenses. Eventually, with the right adaptors, I should be able to fit Canon FD lenses, Nikon lenses, and M42 lenses.
Housing:
The housing is a solid piece of anodized billet aluminum. It weigths about 1.1 lbs, has two handle grips, and 4 x 1/4″-20 female threaded mounting holes so you can actually screw this thing into a standard tripod. The housing can fit any iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, or iPhone 4.
[UPDATE: Jul 17, 2010]
Working iPhone DSLR Video
[UPDATE: Jul 20, 2010]
More Footage from iPhone DSLR Lens Mount
@flapane – http://iphonedslr.com/blog/archives/109fb
@Carl – The iPhone is the only cell phone I have
@Alex Stansfield – http://iphonedslr.com/blog/archives/109fb
@Llyod – Here are some video clips taken with the newer prototype. It has two +10 closeup macro lenses to focus on a depth of field adapter. So far this setup only works for video as the camera as different settings for still shots.
http://iphonedslr.com/blog/archives/109fb
@Michael B. – This website is made with I-love-using-open-source-products-too.
@Kelly – with a bit of research, diopter lenses, a dof adapter heres the results:
http://iphonedslr.com/blog/archives/109fb
@Alex – http://iphonedslr.com/blog/archives/109fb
@Marina – In order to really make this work, you’ll have to use a dof adapter (I’m using the EnCinema 35mm Adapter), and about 40x in macro/closeup lenses. Here’s some demo video from my friends at http://www.vid-atlantic.com
Any hope for Pentax lenses?
@Key – I’m sure this rig could use Pentax lenses with the right adapter
Nothing personal, but this is an insult…to all DSLR.
It is a PHONE. If you want a DSLR, buy a real DSLR.
@Coffee – I have a Canon DSLR
I know there are plenty of fool DSLR classicist out there who think this is pointless. But these guys are dinosaurs from the past who will not last in the world of today. This is the future weather people like it or not. The president of Nokia said that in the future they plan to make mobile phones that take photos with the same quality as a DSLR. They´re about to release a new mobile with a sensor the size of the LX3! I think this is absolutely fantastic.
How is this an SLR? Where’s the optical viewfinder? This is nothing but putting a better lens in front of the crappy existing lens and using the sensor as the viewfinder (just like all non-SLRs). Having a replacable lens does not make it an SLR. Having a prism that allows the user to look directly through the lens without using the sensor does.
It’s an interesting gimmick but it’s not an SLR. Pick a more appropriate name.
I think this is a great experiment, and really hope it gets great results. I’d be tempted to buy one if it does. I think the ‘haters’ on here need to just relax and get on with whatever they were going before they took the time to criticise one mans interests. Why NOT try this out? And calling it a DSLR is purely to convey the use if DSLR lenses, it doesn’t gave a SLR prism no, so what? If it takes good pictures, I’m all for it, and I would have thought that what ANY photographer is after, no? If your a purist, go read a different article and stop being such a bloody killjoy! All power to you!!
All power to you
A week or tow I left a critical comment, and asked to see the results of using this equipment. I have to say that it’s certainly interesting, and while it’ll obviously never be DSLR standard, it does allow some nice DOF control.
Really cool project. Keep working on it.
If I could get something like this for my kodak zi8, that’d be pretty bitching.
A good video impression is now updated
Nice work! great website
Hey guys, this good wook!
My spouse and i nearly purchased the mino hd before christmas, but I discovered some of the videos that people had taken using it and I personally believed the video was really “jumpy” when there is any kind of movement on the display screen. Capturing movement would seem to be very important to a video camera…, but I was wondering if you have observed this?
Very cool! How much?
Well it’s clearly not a DSLR – that would actually require a Single Lens Reflex (SLR) mechanism – but an interesting experiment none the less. My iPhone 4 is the camera I have with me most often and it takes excellent photos – in good lighting. It does not, however, have a lens or sensor that matches the quality of my Nikon D40 – Nikons lowest end DSLR.
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