Blog — prototype

Thursday May 16th   Hi Everyone, We're on track to have all manufacture complete by the start of June. The diffusion dome tooling is complete, and the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4(S) clips are wrapping up next week. The machined (ABS) versions are shipping on May 20th.Once the production is complete we'll be getting them shipped to us, then to you. We looked into having them ship direct to you from the manufacturer to expedite the process, but that turned out to be impossible. Instead we're going to have them packaged, put into mailers, addressed and labelled by the manufacturer,...

One of the final prototypes mounted to an iPhone 4.  Hand made Acrylic dome to simulate final translucent dome.  The large dome gathers plenty of light to make a good sample for the camera to meter with.

We now have prototypes for both the iPhone 4 & 5.  We tested them against the Sekonic and they seem to hold up great.  Can't really see a difference more that 1/2 a stop.  The best part is it keeps reading without pressing a button. The data changes as the light changes.  Glad we only rented the Sekonic as this works just as well. Looks like we are getting close to having a real product. Kickstarter here we come!  

  Prototype #3 This 3d printed prototype was made at Shapeways It fits perfectly on the iPhone 4    That one step closer to the final product.  The integration dome is working well and getting good readings.  I think it could be bigger to collect more light for the camera.  We tried to use printed domes, but they were not the correct translucent material.   The dome needs to have 18% light transmission.  Luckily we found stock sheet material that has these exact properties.  We then had to form that material in to the dome shape we needed.