iPhone photo news: tripods and water drop lenses

Not mention of simply using the Griffon Clarifi for Macro shots?
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/clarifi

A nice photography iphone app

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=325439409&mt=8

If you are getting bad pictures with the iPhone 3GS, you either have a defective camera or not understanding how it works. Even in very low light, using some kind of support (not hand held) it yields very good pictures. If you need extra light, you can buy one of the LED movie lights and mount it to an old dock (I use and old one from my iPod) mount the movie light on the old dock plug the iphone into the dock connector for support. I tapped the weight in the bottom of the old dock to take a standard tripod screw, and it gives out enough light to make great pics in low light.

The tripod looks interesting. But the Night Camera apps has pretty much eliminated all of my blurry pictures. I used the stabilize feature and it won't take the shot until the camera is still.
If I'm in a situation where I don't need to get off a shot as quickly as possible I always page over to the Night Camera app.

I clicked the link to their website on my iPhone and the screen was filled with little flash cubes where the content should have been. You'd think a company that is marketing to iPhones could come up with a website that supports iPhones?!

I had a similar tiny tripod for my N95 which was always in my backpack. However the apparent inability with this one to take pictures in landscape mode is a real bummer! Or am I missing something here...?

I absolutely love my 3GS photos. They're a bit rough around the edges - like a Polaroid or Lomography camera - but that's what gives the photos personality.

Here are some photos I've taken with my 3GS: http://blog.iloveflycasual.com/index.php/2009/07/more-iphone-photography/ & http://blog.iloveflycasual.com/index.php/2009/03/iphone-the-new-polaroid/

p.s. The mini-tripod would also make a great stand for watching movies!

They need a case/battery pack case with a flash and slide over macro lens built into it as well as a tripod mount. Take care of a lot of things at once.

wizard's chess! were you at the ren fest in mn?

The water drop is a terrible suggestion. Water and iPhones do not mix! When I was trying to buy a used 3G from eBay I was shocked at the number of water damaged iPhones. Some of them were simply splashed with water. It appears that Apple has not designed any kind of water resistance into their phones. There is even a water dot which changes color when exposed to moisture. Even having the phone in a humid environment is enough to change the color of the water dot. When that dot changes color your phone's warranty becomes void. The camera is poking out of a small hole in the back of the case. It is a tight fit but if you do the water drop lens trick a few times, it will seep into the electronics and then it is all over. The contacts on modern ships are so small that even a tiny amount of water can short them out. Here is a list of iPhones for sale on eBay with water damage:

http://tinyurl.com/qszbws