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Re: [OM] What, no OM mount???

Subject: Re: [OM] What, no OM mount???
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 14:48:49 -0400
I love my iPhone.

Here's a self-portrait, taken with iPhone and my new Kindle. The hand not shown 
is holding the phone.

http://www.bobwhitmire.com/about.html

--Bob


On Jul 9, 2011, at 2:22 AM, Marc Lawrence wrote:

> iPhonography is enormously popular. The iPhone 4 recently passed all
> others as the camera most used for photos uploaded the Flickr:
> 
> http://www.modem3g.com/blog/2011/06/iphone-overtakes-flickr-as-most-popular-camera/
> 
> and iPhonography exhibitions are regularly held, even inside Apple's
> own stores. Like Lomo, Diana, Holga, et cetera, there's always an
> niche waiting to be filled with an enthusiam and its accompanying
> craft and paraphernalia.
> 
> While much is done in-phone to squeeze and blur and blanch and slice
> and stretch and smear and hone pixels, going from other accessories
> available there is a reasonable possibility of a desire to further
> increase the number of tools in the toolbox with options unavailable
> via app (there is not always "an app for that"), be it true DoF
> effects, or magnification, or fisheye or whatever. I desire this
> product very little myself except for the usual gear-lust, but it
> tickles the hell out of me, as much as any leftfielding technique,
> gadget or technology associated with the art/craft, that someone is
> playing and having what they consider fun well off the usual roads.
> Impractical, possibly foolish and absurd even, but then I'm rather
> fond of the latter two and glad of its comedy...glad to *participate*
> at times in its comedy (or some would say tragi-comedy. It's all a
> rich tapestry. ;) ).
> 
> So, why? Because it's there. :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Marc

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