“Moods of the Harvest” – Thanksgiving Day
Kevyn Bashore’s 365 Day iPhone Photo of the Day
Wood Road, Hershey, PA
Thursday, November 24, 2011
iPhone 4s Camera, Eye Scope, Photoforge2, Photofx
Tag Archive: Eye Scope
“Thanksgiving Eve Flood”
Kevyn Bashore’s 365 Day iPhone Photo of the Day
Field in front of Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
iPhone 4s Camera, Eye Scope, Photoforge2, Photofx
“Milton Hershey’s Birth Home”
Kevyn Bashore’s 365 Day iPhone Photo of the Day
Hershey, PA
Saturday, November 19, 2011
iPhone 4s Camera, Eye Scope, Camera+
“Spring Greening”
Ottsville, Pennsylvania
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
iPhone 4 Camera
Hipstamatic app
Eye Scope Mobile Zoom Lens
EYE SCOPE MOBILE ZOOM LENS & TRIPOD FOR IPHONE 4
Since the past three days have been quite intense in my writings, I decided to throw in another short review of an iPhone camera accessory. The Eye Scope is an interesting addition to the multitude of apps arriving on the scene. It comes with a lens, lens cover, small tripod, tripod clamp, camera casing and lens cloth. The lens is a pocket-sized 8x zoom, with a minimum focus distance of three meters, and a field of view of 246 meters.
USING THE EYE SCOPE
It cost me a little over $50 to purchase this accessory. A buddy had an extra one and knew I was working on my 365 Day iPhone Photo Project, so he gave me the opportunity to purchase it. It appears fairly easy to use: snap the casing onto your phone, screw in the lens, clip the clamp onto the casing, screw it into the tripod, and you’re all set. The focus ring is a bit fiddly, since there are no stops on it, so it rotates completely around the lens barrel. This makes focusing a bit of a guessing game, at times. Especially when using it with the Hipstamatic app, due to the small viewfinder that the Hipstamatic displays. One way around this issue is to focus the lens with the normal iPhone camera, then switch to the Hipstamatic app.
Otherwise, I suggest using the quirky nature of the lens, and what it can do with blur and defocus, as an artistic expression. Here’s a few examples of what I mean by this. During my first use of the lens, I parked along a country road and ran into a field to shoot seagulls. I had no idea if I was in focus or not. Obviously, I wasn’t. But I actually like the strange and ballet-like flow of the birds created by this mistake.
Realizing that the slightly out-of-focus, or narrow depth-of-field, will add versatility to the iPhone photography potential, here are some shots of an orchard.
Here’s a stream and rocks I shot with the Eye Scope and Hipstamatic. I altered the color temperature to this shot to be more natural.
I decided to try my fortune at shooting action scenes at a racetrack with the Eye Scope. Shooting movement with this lens is nearly impossible. But like I said, if you capitalize on the blur, it can actually become a beautiful feature. But it doesn’t work on all images, so be careful.
Here are some photos of Canadian Geese I shot with the Hipstamatic and Eye Scope during the recent flood in Harrisburg. It is imperative to make sure the subject is in focus in shots like this, or your photo will most likely be ruined. Notice that in each shot that the only thing in focus is the main goose.
The following two shots (a covered bridge and meadow) I photographed with the Eye Scope and Plastic Bullet app. Notice the narrow focal plane: the trees are in focus and the covered bridge is out of focus. This is something difficult to achieve with a normal camera phone, alone.
And lastly, here are some photos I shot in NYC with the Eye Scope, HIpstamatic and Plastic Bullet app.
None of these shots would have resulted the same by simply using the digital zoom that is in many cameras. Actual zoom or telephoto lenses create a quality in photos that is uniquely beautiful. Using a camera phone alone to shoot photos, produces a limited experience and result. But by adding camera applications, like the Hipstamatic and Plastic Bullet, along with an exterior lens, like the Eye Scope, gaining artistic photographs is becoming possible at the most rudimentary level of photography cameras that are in the hands of the mass public.
For more information, or to purchase the Eye Scope, click on the following link:
Firebox website: http://www.firebox.com/product/2974/Eye-Scope-for-iPhone
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