03 February 2011

POTD 34 of 365

It's not about your camera.

It may, however, be about how steady you can keep said camera.

The iPhone has a halfway decent camera, and a ton of cools apps you can use to squeeze some respectable performance out of it. Below, find a picture of my everyday gear, taken with the iPhone and Camera+ (by TapTapTap...what an odd name).

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In it is the 60D with my normal lens, the magnificent 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM, the 580EX II, the 430EZ, the three cheapie triggers, and the transmitter.

I don't like the "lomo" look that I got here. It's not processing, it's just too much light too close to the gear. Frankly, it's a little dreamy for my liking, but, it's not terrible.

Light was provided by the worklight (which was still in the process of warming up, which may account for the overexposure).

Setup shot is here:

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Wait...What in the name of Jeebus H. Macy is that...thing...on the tripod?

It's a very simple, very cheap, very quickly assembled mounting bracket I cobbled together for the iPhone. It's two 2x2s with an iPhone-width groove carved into them, held together with some obnoxiously-big bolts, and a 1/4x20 nutsert in the bottom for the tripod stud.

Slip the phone into the groove on the bottom, push the top piece down, tighten the nuts, and Bob's your uncle.

It's a lot like me - not pretty, but gets the job done.

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