interchangeable digital backs
Dec 22, 2017 19:41:01 #
rwww80a
Loc: Hampton, NH
Can some one direct me to the group that is trying to develp interchangeable digital backs for "old but good" SLRs like Can A1 or Nik F2
Bob
Bob
Dec 22, 2017 19:43:02 #
I’m not aware of anyone making digital backs for those old body cameras!
Dec 22, 2017 19:45:30 #
Save your time. Even if they do come up with a product, it will be a smaller than 35mm sensor and have no major company backing the reliability, etc.
--Bob
--Bob
rwww80a wrote:
Can some one direct me to the group that is trying to develp interchangeable digital backs for "old but good" SLRs like Can A1 or Nik F2
Bob
Bob
Dec 22, 2017 19:46:10 #
Dec 22, 2017 19:49:10 #
rwww80a wrote:
Can some one direct me to the group that is trying to develp interchangeable digital backs for "old but good" SLRs like Can A1 or Nik F2
Bob
Bob
There is one called "I'm Back".
Dec 22, 2017 20:02:17 #
Hal81 wrote:
I think Hasse has them.
There are several companies that make digital backs for medium format camera but none made for a 35mm SLR. There are talks about them but none of the project got to production stage except that Leica did make a digital back for their 35mm SLR but the back cost about the same as an entirely digital camera.
So to the OP. If you just want such a thing dream on, some day some one may make one. If you want to save money then don't dream. It's not going to happen. Even backs for the medium format isn't a saving as compared to an entire new medium format digital camera.
Dec 22, 2017 20:11:42 #
Dec 22, 2017 20:17:29 #
rwww80a wrote:
Can some one direct me to the group that is trying to develp interchangeable digital backs for "old but good" SLRs like Can A1 or Nik F2
Bob
Bob
Yes, I think only MF.
One of my product professors had an early MF back of about 20mp, but when it started to miss-fire he tested a Nikon D800 when they came out and bought the FF to replace the MF.
I think either Hassy or PhaseOne make a back that works on a couple MF film bodies with adaptors. But they aren't cheap.
With all the good FF digi cameras why would anybody make a FF back?
SS
Dec 22, 2017 20:40:01 #
There have recently been a few threads on the subject.
Here is one:http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-502148-1.html
Here is one:http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-502148-1.html
Dec 22, 2017 21:00:32 #
can you explain to me the concept of shutters wearing out? I bought my Nikormat in 1967 and shot with it until the mid 1990s, also had an F2 fro 190 through 1997, never had a shutter fail.
Dec 22, 2017 21:29:08 #
toxdoc42 wrote:
can you explain to me the concept of shutters wearing out? I bought my Nikormat in 1967 and shot with it until the mid 1990s, also had an F2 fro 190 through 1997, never had a shutter fail.
Any mechanical device can wear out, but statistically some will last longer than average and some less. I did wear out the shutter of an Instamatic 100 when I was a college student. The shutter of a more expensive camera will be of better construction, and you may have been "lucky" to get ones which exceeded that longer life.
Dec 22, 2017 21:31:27 #
toxdoc42 wrote:
can you explain to me the concept of shutters wearing out? I bought my Nikormat in 1967 and shot with it until the mid 1990s, also had an F2 fro 190 through 1997, never had a shutter fail.
But I believe the Nikkormat bought in 67 still has fewer shutter actuations than many of the 5 years old DSLR's.
Dec 22, 2017 21:44:35 #
toxdoc42 wrote:
can you explain to me the concept of shutters wearing out? I bought my Nikormat in 1967 and shot with it until the mid 1990s, also had an F2 fro 190 through 1997, never had a shutter fail.
Another possibility may be that because we’re no longer limited to 20, 34 or 36 exposure rolls and the cost per frame no longer is an issue, we tend to shoot a lot more images. I never worried about shutter count when I used film cameras.
Dec 23, 2017 00:00:34 #
Let’s say you had a camera with a shutter life of 300,000. Giving a few extra.,,let’s say 40 trips per roll. If you shot a roll a day you could shoot for 20!years.
Dec 23, 2017 09:05:32 #
rwww80a
Loc: Hampton, NH
All I want for Christmas is digital film. I don't need all the bells and whistles found on today's mini-computer photographic lens holders. I don't need a Nikon or Canon name on it.
Let Tokina, Sigma or other non-prime manufacturer develop a digital film replacement back for the old pro cameras with space for a micro SD card or two and I would be happy. In fact, a Sanyo or Sony could do it easily! It could fit the bottom of the camera, connect to the cameras electronics through the bottom contacts and be thin so it doesn't displace the eyepiece viewing distance. It doesn't even need a view screen. I'll look at my photos later on the computer where I can see the details.
If a point and shoot digital camera can be made for a few hundred dollars then this should be a snap for a real company even putting a full size Fx sensor on it.
Let Tokina, Sigma or other non-prime manufacturer develop a digital film replacement back for the old pro cameras with space for a micro SD card or two and I would be happy. In fact, a Sanyo or Sony could do it easily! It could fit the bottom of the camera, connect to the cameras electronics through the bottom contacts and be thin so it doesn't displace the eyepiece viewing distance. It doesn't even need a view screen. I'll look at my photos later on the computer where I can see the details.
If a point and shoot digital camera can be made for a few hundred dollars then this should be a snap for a real company even putting a full size Fx sensor on it.
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