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Q
Can I really make movies with an iPhone?
GARETH EDWARDS, RHYL
A
Reader, many have, and not only with modern iPhones. 2014’s
Uneasy
Lies
the
Mind
dragged a 90-minute feature out of a crusty iPhone 5, for instance. But that film’s secret wasn’t the sensor it was using, although the shallow depth of field certainly didn’t hurt: it was the cinematic lenses strapped on front. You can pick up affordable lens kits for around £25, though the results won’t necessarily be great given that you’ve cheaped out, again, you awful miser.
Moment makes a number of pro-quality lenses that clip on to a drop-in lens mount and expand the already rather decent video abilities of modern iPhones. They’re available in the UK through Fjorden (fjorden.co), which also happens to make a grip from £190 that makes your phone more holdable and adds a bunch of super-handy DSLR-like camera controls where they’re actually useful.
You can pick up affordable lens kits for around £25, though the results won’t necessarily be great, you awful miser
If you want to go further, go digging. Various companies with suspicious jumble-of-letters names (you know the ones) make adapters for phones that allow you to bolt on proper kit lenses from, for example, Canon’s EOS-EF mount system, Sony’s E Mount, or Nikon’s range. It’s a slippery slope, as is anything photography-related, and Guru’s vouch gland has completely shut down on this kind of product, but it’s worth a look.