OT: If you get $600, would you get a 50mm planar or an iphone?

planar anyday - I want to see what the iphone turns out like over the next couple of months... No doubt it will drop in price then a lot too.

I'm definitely interested in it - I just converted to a brand new 20" imac and Its the best investment I have ever made. Everything about it and OSX beats the pants of anything else I have ever tried. It alone I would imagine has lowered my blood pressure by half from the PC days. 2 months and not ONE single error or problem, no loss of speed, and my workflow has improved so much its ridiculous.

I've been having problems with my sony ericson and recently got a motorola, also having problems with that. If the iphone is anything like a mac, I'll probably be buying it later downt he track
 
to hell with phones, here in china people go through phones like shirts, every few months you want another one. I would never ever spend that much money on a phone unless it had a built in Zeiss Ikon.

Get the planar, phone fetish's are just sad...
 
if you seriously had this thought and took the time to actually type it out on the internet, you completely without hesitation should get the phone.
 
So, there's this new expensive Apple gadget that kinda looks good but performs just like the rest. It costs $600. Seems it's a must-have for some. For me, why would I spend $600 (six HUNDRED dollars!) on a bleeding mobile phone? I pay that kind of money to send my daughter to violin class for a year. And the Planar? Well, I already have one. :)
 
Welcome to the world of hype. Some tech sites that have had at least one or two iPhone articles a day for the last weeks. Apple has either a very loyal fanbase, or a group of maybe 20 people regularly submitting articles about it all over the Internet, or both.

According to the Apple Product Cycle, coming up next week there should be "nerd porn" sites where people disassemble their iPhones, and "I'm waiting for the second version" threads, and at some point threads about rare-occuring flaw in the iPhone that people are completely outraged about.

Philipp
 
Hmm...A mobile which will be useful as a paperweight in a couple of years, or an outstanding lens which would be still useful after you pass on...Heckuva choice there!:D
 
I have Verizon phone service which is much better than AT&T. But if Verizon had the iphone I wouldn't waste my money on it. My wife has a Samsung and it's a camera, phone,mobile web,(yes she can look at ebay while going down the road)It can download songs, all for less than $200. So to pay $600 to touch a screen instead of a button is crazy.
 
Owning several Newtons, several PalmPilots, a blackberry, I'll take the wait on the iPhone to see how they hold up.

If I have to spend the money now, I add a few dollars and go with the ZI 25/2.8 from Tony!

B2 (;->
 
The phone. If you can't take good pictures with what you already have, you're probably just a gadgeteer anyway.
 
I would take the $600 go to a casino and make it $1200. Buy both. At around christmas I sell the iphone for $350 but keep the Planar. Than again to the casino to make $700 to buy iphone version 2, cause without the newest iphone I am lost and the 2nd version will be better anyway. Btw, it is always black in the casino, sometimes red.
 
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rxmd said:
According to the Apple Product Cycle, coming up next week there should be "nerd porn" sites where people disassemble their iPhones, and "I'm waiting for the second version" threads, and at some point threads about rare-occuring flaw in the iPhone that people are completely outraged about.
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hmm, I do see some similarity with:
- M8? nah, but probably M9..
discussion going around in RFf :)

I believe there are also other similarities between Leicaphiles
and Apple fanboys ;)

edit: I do browse this with Safari for Windows version :rolleyes:
 
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The iPhone in its current state sucks. I would wait until version 2.0 comes out.

It totally boggles my mind why Apple partnered up with the worst cell provider in the US. If iPhone ran on the Sprint network, the money Appple is asking for would be much more well spend!

My Treo755P kicks the iPhone's butt from a functionality stand point. I was in the subway yesterday and while in the train was still able to get DSL-like data speed on my phone to look up store information on Google Map.
 
amateriat said:
The only two things I have against the iPhone's current incarnation are, in order of importance, (1) AT&T as sole carrier, and (2) no Bluetooth; I'm a recent convert to BT earsets, and I like them. A lot.

But, really, I'd take the lens first. Not a 50, though...I love my M-Hex too much.


- Barrett
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Look for the cute Apple-designed BT headset:
http://www.apple.com/iphone/accessories/
Oupsie! I think I just destroyed one of your reasons! But the AT&T will probably firewall you from any foolish decisions.

As for myself, I'm canadian, so 600$ would give me a nice Mamiya C kit, or perhaps two nice SMC lenses for my Spotmatic (the 24 and the 85, those buggers who keep selling for 300$ a pop).
 
Nick R. said:
The phone. If you can't take good pictures with what you already have, you're probably just a gadgeteer anyway.
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Excellent answer. Personally, I would go with the 50mm Planar. The iPhone is a great piece of hardware, but it does right what should be done right, where everybody else with their "who cares?!" attitude put Human/Machine User Interface in the back-burner way past an afterthought. That said, the inability to change batteries by the user (or, better said, the design which calls for utter discouragement from tinkering with it) is a fatal flaw. To me, of course.

Besides, Microsnot now has something else to plagiarize, so look for a cheap, bug-riddled knock-off for less than half in about a year or so. And take comparison shots with the 50mm Planar :D
 
As was said earlier, a lot of my friends also are shocked at how much I spend on camera equipment, so I think it's funny how many people here are totally confounded by the prospect of a $600 phone. Think of it as the Leica of phones. Honestly, once you hold one in your hand, you'll have a totally newfound appreciation for it. Granted, not everyone here thinks Leicas are worth it either, but neither are meant for everyone.

PS: I still use my 5 year old iPod... :p
 
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