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Re:Anonymous Coward Fail by xded · 2010-12-03 12:24 · Score: 1 · on Canon's Image Verification System Cracked

using a high-quality lens system.

Quality alone will give you nothing. You will have to look into the actual type of the lens setup. And what you need here is a process lens (sorry, no Wikipedia entry on that). But even supposing you get the optical setup in shape, then you need a >10Mpixel screen and you need to align it. Supposing you get it and you align it, then you're left with a nice moiré pattern due to other non-linear distortions like shear and barrel. And you need to find an optical way to compensate for them.

Or, you reverse engineer the software. Or, the hardware.

And, guess what, the two latter options are the most likely to succeed.

Watch yourself from going iPhone DSLR all the way. Optics is though stuff, even if it doesn't look like so.

Re:uh, samples? by Rantastic · 2010-07-16 05:27 · Score: 1 · on iPhone DSLR Prototype 1.0

It could be done with any phone, but it wasn't, because it's so incredibly useless and indulgent.

No, actually it can't be done with any phone. It doesn't work.

Elsewhere on the same site, the designer says:

While all the part fit to make a decent looking iPhone DSLR, the results of the configuration are completely useless.

How naive I was to think that snapping all these pieces together would just work.

I don't know why this is on Slashdot. The headline might as well read "Neat looking was to disable your iPhone's camera"

That rube goldberg contraption does not work by hviniciusg · 2010-07-16 04:08 · Score: 1 · on iPhone DSLR Prototype 1.0

From another post from the author:

"How naive I was to think that snapping all these pieces together would just work. I’m beginning to realize this is getting way over my head. More research is necessary to determine solutions to these problems."

http://iphonedslr.com/blog/archives/62fb

Machine a bracket? HAH! by denzacar · 2010-07-15 20:11 · Score: 4, Informative · on iPhone DSLR Prototype 1.0

He just bought the ready-made parts and put them together.

http://iphonedslr.com/blog/archives/14fb

DSLR Lens Mount
Posted on June 28, 2010 by Jeremy Salvador

Canon Extension Tube
Canon Extension Tube

I have Canon EF lenses and have been looking for a mount so the iPhone DSLR can easily interchange the lenses. So far all the products I've looked at are fairly expensive (in the $100-$200) range.
Then I stumbled upon the Canon Extension Tube. ($8.78) from SunTek.

This tube ring mount is generally used for macro shots and can fit all Canon EOS DSLR / SLR Camera EF lenses.

The Package Includes:

Canon Lens Mount Adapter Ring
Canon Lens Mount Adapter Ring

(1) Camera body mount adapter
(1) 9mm tube (Tube 1)
(1) 16mm tube (Tube 2)
(1) 30mm tube (Tube 3)
and most importantly! (1) Lens mount adapter

The Canon EF Lens Mount Adapter will allow lenses to be easily interchanged from the iPhone DSLR.
Now to figure out how to attach this thing to the iPhone.

And here is how - you buy an Owle:

http://iphonedslr.com/blog/archives/33fb

Owle Bubo
Posted on July 6, 2010 by Jeremy Salvador
The Owle Bubo is one of the most impressive iPhone accessories I've ever seen and I think it's going to be perfect as a housing for my iPhone DSLR. It's a camera mount that brings the best features of a camcorder to the iPhone 3GS: stability, optics, microphones and tripods!

The Owle Bubo is made of a solid piece of anodized billet aluminum making it extremely durable and virtually indestructible. This full aluminum frame gives the housing a good 1.1 lbs in weight giving the housing just enough weight to make keep the device steady. The two handle grips make it a real breeze to carry. Also the Owle provides 4 x 1/4-20 female threaded mounting holes so you can actually screw this thing into a standard tripod.

The Owle Bubo comes standard with 37mm lens threading, as well as a 0.45x wide angle/ macro lens combination. This is a real piece of optics, delivering stunning images with better color saturation, contrast and sharpness than is possible with the iPhone's camera alone. The wide angle lens accepts 49mm screw in filters. So with a 49mm-58mm step up ring, I'll be able to attach the Canon Lens Mount Adapter Ring to this housing.

Hopefully, Jeremy is something like 9 or 10.
Cause, a "grown person" doing something like this and calling it a "prototype" is like "creating" a portable laser printer by getting a really long power cord and some straps on ebay.