Its crude but it works. I built it to be functional, not pretty.
John is retired and loving it!
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I guess it would be difficult for you to provide a couple of pictures showing just how the device is used?
For layout photos, I generally use a tripod, or place the camera directly on the layout.
Wayne
This is for an i phone or android phone and helps keep the phone vertical and stable when placed on the layout
trevorsmith3489This is for an i phone or android phone and helps keep the phone vertical and stable when placed on the layout
OH yea! I think I've seen those before! Just yesterday! Everyone I seen was busy holding on to one these things, and doing something with their thumbs.
Of course, using this holder would mean that you would have to let go of your phone.
Mike.
My You Tube
Why would you need a holder for a camera phone?
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This is a serious question.
I use a tripod for my digital SLR because I take pictures stopped down to F25 or F32 and exposure time can be as high a 3 seconds even with 1,200 watts of lighting. The tripod, and remote shutter release, are necessary to get good pictures.
Can you do all this with your camera phone?
-Kevin
Living the dream.
As far as I can see, the problem with those cell phone holders is that you still have to push the camera button, thereby possibly inducing camera shake. A tripod and a shutter release or timed shutter release is, in my opinion, a much better way to go. Besides, and I admit it, I hate those cell phone cameras.
Bear "It's all about having fun."
bearman As far as I can see, the problem with those cell phone holders is that you still have to push the camera button, thereby possibly inducing camera shake.
As far as I can see, the problem with those cell phone holders is that you still have to push the camera button, thereby possibly inducing camera shake.
One of the buttons on my smart watch triggers the camera. Don't have to touch the phone
Most phone cameras have a timer function.
Some phones allow control of shutter speed and other functions, or there are apps that allow manual control of the phone camera's settings.
iPhones appear to have more options than Android models.
Eric
Wow. All great questions. Let's see how good I am at answering them all.
doctorwayne, here you go.
seeyou190, Kevin, I don't have an SLR, but I can manually set a lot of the settings on this camera phone to include longer exposure times, white balance, etc.
bearman, the camera phone also has a timer on it to delay the shutter opening. Just a 1 or 2 second delay is fine. On the subject of tripods, I have one. Soon as I can figure out a good way to attach the holder to the tripod I will do that.
I am not opposed to taking pictures with an SLR, if I had a good one. But for the quality of the pictures I want, the camera phone does what I want it to do. JMHO.
Thanks for the answers.
By the way... your construction looks pretty neat and well done. It sure looks like it does the job.
Tripods are good, but they don't typically help much when you need to get down in the weeds to take shots at HO scale eyeball distance above the terrain. This is a good idea for getting those realistic shots at ground level on the layout with your phone by helping steady things much like a tripod would. I even have one of those tinytripods and it doesn't get things low enough to do these sorts of shots.
As for taking shots with your phone vs camera, all my pics used to be on camera. Sure, lots more adjusting possible, but for most pics I now use the camera in my device (it's not a "phone" because there's no cell service on it.) It just so easy to download the phone pics and manipulate them on the "phone" that I oftn don't bother. Then I got a adapater to use the tripod with the "phone" so most of my bases are covered even without the camera.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Thanks Kevin. Like I wrote, it's crude but it does the job. I'll probably give it a rattle can spray of paint and call it done.
JohnnyB Thanks Kevin. Like I wrote, it's crude but it does the job. I'll probably give it a rattle can spray of paint and call it done.
I agree with Kevin: neatly done and does the job for which it was designed. Thanks for the photo and the explanation.
I don't have a smart 'phone, but the ones my kids have take great photos, any of them perfectly acceptable for posting on-line.Back in the days of film cameras, I had a fairly decent one and knew how to use it, but nowadays, my point-and-shoot digital camera is good enough for stuff posted here. It's also small enough to be placed on the layout for HO scale eye-level photos.
bearman As far as I can see, the problem with those cell phone holders is that you still have to push the camera button, thereby possibly inducing camera shake. A tripod and a shutter release or timed shutter release is, in my opinion, a much better way to go. Besides, and I admit it, I hate those cell phone cameras.
I have a Bluetooth device from Amazon that triggers my iPhone. Cost a few dollars.
I shop local.
Edit.
I can also control my Nikon DSLR camera with my iPhone. Nice.
Rich
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.
Well after some testing and a few modifications to make the holder sturdier I took a few track side shots.
So that works well. Now can the holder be modified to attach it to a tripod for steady video and stills? Of course it can.
This is where it has to go.
And this is how it attaches.
So how good is the video now, instead of being handheld?
https://youtu.be/M5krE2odTNs
JohnnyB I took a few track side shots.
I am impressed. Good depth of field and color looks good.
Did you edit the pictures between the phone and posting them?
Just cropped them to remove the extraneous items in the shot.