Sony’s SPA-TA1 will let you stick a QX10, QX100 camera lens onto your tablet

Are you one of “those people” who uses their tablets as a camera, awkwardly adjusting it at a rock concert and looking like a nut while doing so? Then this slice of technology was made for you. Remember Sony’s QX10 and QX100 Bluetooth SLR-like lens attachments from last year? It’s now coming to tablets in the form of an attachment called the Sony SPA-TA1. Take a gander yonder these words:

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That’s the extremely handsome Xperia Tablet Z you’re looking atSony Japan will launch the tablet attachment arm soon says Xperia Blog for US$36. The arm suits tablets from 85mm to 190mm in length without adding too much weight (it’s only 31g). It launches 4 April 2014 in Japan, but will be cheap enough to import on eBay or the like if it never makes it outside of its launch region.

The list of arm sizes:

• 85 × 65.6 × 33.9mm
• 106 × 65.6 × 33.9mm
• 127 × 65.6 × 33.9mm
• 148 × 65.6 × 33.9mm
• 169 × 65.6 × 33.9mm
• 190 × 65.6 × 33.9mm

The various parts of Sony’s SPA-TA1

The Sony DSC-QX100 “Lens-Style Camera” sells for US$500, and if you’re a serious mobile photographer with a tablet, then you’ve really got nothing to lose by buying this cheapie lens arm attachment when it releases 4 April.