I’m in Tokyo and set out to shoot a lot of 35mm film. I brought the following equipment: Leica M10, Leica M6, Leitz Summicron 35mm f2 and Summicron 50mm f2, Nikon FM3a with Nikkor AF 50mm f1.4. I still prefer the compact and stealthy Leica M bodies for shooting in crowds but the Nikon’s bright finder, solid clunk of the shutter release and AE mode make it nice to shoot with as well; I’m just conscious of the big piece of metal in front of my face when I shoot.
Anyway, some days I just carry one of the film cameras and my iPhone 8+ which has the same rear camera set up as iPhone X. I bring along an Olloclip wide angle/ telephoto clip on lens for the phone. For travel photos, the wide angle lens is good to get more of a scene in. The top image was shot without the clip-on wide angle, the bottom B&W image was shot with the wide angle attached. I use the iPhone for shots I mostly plan on using for Instagram. Some have turned out so nice I am considering to print them large to see what they look like.
I use Snapseed on the phone to do my editing and find that it has everything I need to punch up color photos to Instagram attractiveness if I want to.
So basically I’m thinking that with the clip on lenses the iPhone replaces a compact camera as backup to my 35mm film and full-frame digital cameras. I was considering to pick up a Ricoh GRII here in Japan but it seems easier to handle just the iPhone and one real camera at once. I considered buying the Moment lenses but one advantage of the Olloclip is that both tele and wide are on the same bracket so you just flip it over and shoot with the one you need. The little nit-picks are: 1) you have to make sure the bracket is centered perfectly or you get vignetting, 2) for telephoto, you need to use a camera app like CameraPixels to select the “T” camera (the wide and tele cameras are side-by-side on the iPhone 8+).
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