Another way to do it is the otherway around- cut the lens out of a digital
camera and bolt on an OM lens mount. You would lose any autofocus the camera
had, and would have to stop down manually, but it should be doable. A
mechanical engineering approach rather than an electronic engineering approach.
Steve Goss, Dallas TX usa
Tom Scales wrote:
>
> Now, the previous comments about getting the CCD and grafting it to a back
> interested me and got me thinking. Seems like an easier way to do it would
> be to take a working digital camera, disassemble it and use the CCD with the
> associated electronics. That way, you'd have a working camera, just in an
> OM back. If you could get the CCD positioned properly, why wouldn't it
> work. The 'film' area is smaller, but I would think that the image spilling
> over the sides would be ok. Your 50 would become your 85, or something like
> that, but I could like with that. I, for one, would have no objection to a
> manual focus, SLR bodied digital camera. Even with the limitations of the
> camera that you 'stole' from.
>
> If there are any engineers on the list willing to collaborate on the
> experiment, write me privately. I'm just stupid enough to sacrifice a back
> and buy a cheap used digital to take apart. Probably end up with expensive
> parts on the table, but......if it worked. John, perhaps with your skill
> and experience fixing everything we break, you'd like to take on the
> challenge. I'll supply the parts and you.....
>
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