SLR Lens on an iPhone 4: Is it worth it?

iPhone 4 with OWLE and EnCinema 35mm Adapter (SLR Lens) from Vimeo.com

Yesterday, Media productions company Vid-Atlantic posted a video showing how the iPhone 4 was capable of using a SLR lens with only minor adjustments to a few 3rd-party products. And though the quality was decent, it got me thinking, would it be worth it to make something like this? After some investigation, probably not. Here’s why:

The materials used in the making of this video were, an iPhone 4 ($200-$300), a Canon EF 50mm f1.8 lens (at miniumum $90), an OWLE bubo for the iPhone ($130) and an EnCinema 35mm Adapter ($200). The price would be at least $620, about the price of a Canon Rebel XSI or a Rebel T1i. The money spent would be better put to use for a DSLR (in terms of quality as well.) [Gizmodo/Vimeo (Vid-Atlantic)]

Lev – Lead Writer

Tags: 35mm, 4, adapter, Canon, dslr, ef, EnCinema, iphone, lens, OWLE, slr, vimeo

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