Prosumer accessories for the Iphone video from Zacuto:
ZGrip iPhone from Steve Weiss, Zacuto USA on Vimeo.
By the way, Zacuto has a really cool web series about the business of low budget video production.
Here’s a couple of blogs about bringing the IPhone video into IMovie and Final Cut Pro:
http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1041293
http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/06/22/playing-with-iphone-3gs-video/
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