En Tequila Es Verdad: I Saw This and Thought of George

16 January, 2010

I can't wait to hear our own dear George's thoughts on this swank bit of photographic equipment:

Yes, that is a huge-ass lens taped to a cell phone.

Something tells me it ain't gonna help the picture quality.

Cujo359 said...: Wonder how they got the focal distance right?; January 16, 2010 at 12:55 AM
Atheist Chaplain said...: Looking at it I would say they didn't.
there is no way that the focal plane is 4mm from the back of the lens :-); January 16, 2010 at 3:04 AM
Webs said...: That was my only thought too Dana, "I wonder if George has tried this?" And also the how well does it work.; January 16, 2010 at 8:10 AM
Don Smith said...: It's a real product so I assume they worked out the focal distance:

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/08/18/give-your-iphone-3g-a-telephoto-lens/; January 16, 2010 at 8:50 AM
george.w said...: LOL - Diane and I were at breakfast when I saw this on my iPod. I showed it to her and people must have wanted in on the merriment.

I do stuff like this all the time - it works surprisingly well.

Peace Sign, made by holding an old SLR normal lens against a digicam.
Newsprint, made by holding a Pentax spotting scope and digicam together.
Teabag, made by using an LED camp light as a ringlight.; January 16, 2010 at 11:28 AM
george.w said...: Oops, first link didn't work. Trying again: Peace Sign; January 16, 2010 at 2:46 PM

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