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iPhone DSLR Prototype 1.0

Posted by timothy on from the too-bad-pentax-rules dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt: "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!" Prototype or not, it's a cool project.

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  1. Why? by OverlordQ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    'Why pair an iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, or iPhone 4 with a DSLR lens?' Why not!"

    Because it wouldn't take very good pictures.

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  2. Re:NOT DSLR!! by Mr.+Freeman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Good point but the terminology is kind of debatable"
    No, it's not.

    Yes, this camera uses a single lens and yes, it's digital. So does that $20 piece of junk point-and-shoot digital camera that you can buy at walmart. By your logic every single modern day camera is actually a DSLR because they use one lens and are digital.

    "A digital single-lens reflex camera (digital SLR or DSLR) is a digital camera that uses a mechanical mirror system and pentaprism to direct light from the lens to an optical viewfinder on the back of the camera."
    The iphone does not use a mechanical mirror system and pentaprism and therefore is not a DSLR, period. There's no debate here. It's simply not a DSLR camera.

    From the TFA:
    "Now by no means would I consider myself a professional photographer. Heck… I am by would I even consider myself an amateur photographer. The truth is I really know nothing about photography. " Link: http://iphonedslr.com/blog/archives/42fb

    By his own admission, he doesn't really know what he's doing or why this is simply a bad idea.

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