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Evan Samaras
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Queens, NY, USA
Registered: Oct 2015

posted September 27, 2016 09:01 PM

http://shop.cinebody.com/

First I'm hearing of this... Ships soon...

Let the frenzy of thoughts/opinions begin....

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

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From: Long Island, NY, USA
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posted September 27, 2016 09:41 PM

Well,

In all fairness it does at least try to solve one my main gripes with using a cellphone as a camera: it's something that was meant to be applied to the side of your face and not held aloft for photography. A disturbing fraction of my cell pictures have fingers showing because there is no real grip, and I find in low light situations it's hard to press the shutter release without smearing the image.

-I'm not 100% sure what happens if you get a phone call in the middle of this...

Maybe you need TWO phones!

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Tom Spielman
Master Film Handler

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From: Minneapolis, MN, USA
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posted September 27, 2016 10:14 PM

I agree. The trigger would be a useful. However, anything designed for an extremely limited number of phone models is doomed to have a small market. Plus I question the quality of the optics in the $30 add-on lenses.

When you consider that you can by a decent camcorder for a little bit more than what it costs for this enclosure plus the lenses, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

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Evan Samaras
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Queens, NY, USA
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posted September 27, 2016 10:32 PM

I agree with all the statements.

The fact that it's released for the i6 when the 7 is now out is also odd.

I'm also skeptical of the lenses, and 4K?

I can't say I'm not interested in seeing video examples... Surely they should have some posted somewhere....

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Tom Spielman
Master Film Handler

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From: Minneapolis, MN, USA
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posted September 28, 2016 12:15 AM

The 6s can do 4k but at 375 MB per minute, you're going to run out of space pretty quickly. The 6 can kinda-sorta do 4k, but Apple won't do it in the standard camera app. Other app makers have enabled it though.

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
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posted September 28, 2016 06:04 AM

It states that the Cinebody S6 is currently only compatible with the iPhone 6 and 6S, however, in the FAQ section, the last question and answer comes up with:
Q. Which devices support the Cinebody app?
A. At this time, Cinebody is compatible for iPhone 5, SE, 6 6s and 6 Plus.
Am I missing something here?
Also, I can find no mention how the finished "film" can be viewed other than in the "camera".

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