If you turn your watch upside down, it can be your right-side-up viewfinder, too!Īnother fun thing about Phoneiflex is that blurs the edges a bit, creating imperfections as some vintage cameras do.
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Also, the serial number is not highlighted in white and is very smalltakes an 8X lube to see it clearly.
However, the camera displays DRP and DRGM. You can also use an Apple Watch as a Bluetooth remote trigger. I have Rolleiflex with serial number 1.100.768 which supposedly is post-war. If you decide to make it, you’ll need some wood, a mirror, a power bank (so you can shoot all day), cords, and a strap. Of course, it’s just a prototype and he plans to make some improvements with time. Ryan has shared with us some of the photos of his build so you can also see how it’s done. “I find that true about an upside-down viewfinder as well.” After all, when cropping and editing an image, turning it upside down helps seeing it in a different light. “I always liked having the camera not up to my eye as the randomness plays into the artsiness,” he says. There’s a catch with Phoneiflex, though: the viewfinder is upside down while shooting with it. Sadly, it only exists for iPhone, but my fellow Android users could try one of these, perhaps.
Ryan uses an app called Argentum which allows him to have the viewfinder in square format and choose filters that emulate black and white photography. He sees iPhone as a perfect tool for street photography since they are getting so high-quality. I totally get this, considering how much the film and its development cost (at least here in Serbia)Īnother reason for this approach is that Ryan wants to master shooting photos with his iPhone, without blurry backgrounds. But why wouldn’t he just get a Rolleiflex and shoot film? Well, he doesn’t feel like paying for the cost of developing vintage film. “Two of my favorite photographers are Henry Cartier-Bresson and Vivian Meijer, and they both mastered the art of the decisive moment and Vivian definitely used Rolleiflex cameras,” he continues. “That way I can capture emotional, decisive moments without ruining the moment because people won’t realize the camera is pointed at them,” Ryan says. He shoots a lot of street photography, so this would be great for stealth street photography and candid shots. So, what was the idea behind this unusual camera box? Ryan tells me that he just wanted to shoot with digital cameras downwards like you would with an old Rolleiflex film camera.
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After six years of thinking about it, he finally made it and named it “FrankenSteamPunkSmartPhoneiflex.” The full name made me chuckle, but I love its nickname, too. The idea for this camera box has been in Ryan’s mind for quite a while.
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