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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: gerald.d on August 17, 2013, 02:11:34 am

Title: Useful iPhone app for measuring vibration
Post by: gerald.d on August 17, 2013, 02:11:34 am
Hi all -

Downloaded it, and will try it out later.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iseismometer/id304190739?mt=8

Not a properly conducted scientific comparison, but thought it was interesting...

Phase One AF, 1/60th of a second, MLU; ALPA FPS, 1/60th of a second:

(http://08.ae/imgs/LuLa/Shutter_AF_MLU.PNG)  (http://08.ae/imgs/LuLa/Shutter_FPS.png)

X axis in direction of shooting
Y axis perpendicular to that
Z axis is vertical

HR32 leaf shutter at 1/60th (mounted on FPS)

(http://08.ae/imgs/LuLa/HR32.PNG)

And finally, 1 second exposure AF with MLU, FPS

(http://08.ae/imgs/LuLa/1%20second%20comparison.jpg)

(those screenshots also serve as a useful indication as to how utterly crap the battery is in the iPhone 5!)
Title: Re: Useful iPhone app for measuring vibration
Post by: EricWHiss on August 17, 2013, 05:11:53 am
This is interesting, thank you for sharing. How did you connect the phone to the camera/lens for the tests?
Title: Re: Useful iPhone app for measuring vibration
Post by: gerald.d on August 17, 2013, 05:16:17 am
This is interesting, thank you for sharing. How did you connect the phone to the camera/lens for the tests?

AF - balanced it on the top of the camera.
FPS - balanced it on the top of the digital back.

(like I said - perhaps not very scientific!)
Title: Re: Useful iPhone app for measuring vibration
Post by: free1000 on August 20, 2013, 03:29:31 am
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Title: Re: Useful iPhone app for measuring vibration
Post by: Conner999 on August 20, 2013, 07:18:05 am
Use the app myself for giggles. Remarkably sensitive. Alarm function can be fun.