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If Apple had some sort of body to mount an iPhone as the sensor and attach DSLR lenses it would probably kill the DSLR industry or at least greatly damage it.
by pier25 6y ago
If Apple had some sort of body to mount an iPhone as the sensor and attach DSLR lenses it would probably kill the DSLR industry or at least greatly damage it.
The biggest reason to use a DSLR are the lenses. The second is better low light performance and RAW capabilities (for video and photography) but I think a Pixel or iPhone can do that already.
- illegalsmile 6y agoFor sure, the difference even on a DSLR between a kit lens and a nice L-series is night and day. Would the sensor on a phone be able to take advantage of the lens though?
- pier25 6y agoHonestly I don't know, I imagine Apple should be able to solve that. A couple of years ago before DSLRs could be able to record video I used a RedRock adapter [1] that allowed to use photography lenses with digital video cameras. It was super clunky but it worked. https://www.provideocoalition.com/redrock_micro_alters_indie_film_production_landscape_with_blitz_of_new_prod/ https://www.provideocoalition.com/redrock_micro_alters_indie...
- wl 6y agoNot without some optics to shrink the image circle down. Even if you did that, a full-frame DSLR's image sensor is 35x larger than the iPhone's. I'm not sure why you'd want to use such a tiny sensor unless it's the only camera you have on you.