Mike Knight (Kight Camera repair and I are working on the concept. eFilms
patents have, I believe, just lapsed...Kickstarter anyone? Need 12-20MP APS-C
sensors and package....Mike can do the mechanical work of taking OM-1 OM-3
backs and making them receiptive...ditto for Nikon FM FM2 2n 2T. Metering
MIGHT be a problem for OM2/n reading off curtain
On Sep 7, 2014, at 8:37 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
> Sooooo, Let's talk this through a little bit to see if there is
> anything to this. The digital back to rangerfinder project proves that
> this might be possible.
>
> Just thinking out loud here, but here are several things to think about.
>
> 1. The OM bodies have electrical contacts for interfacing with motor
> drives, flashes and data backs.
>
> 2. The OM bodies can be electrically triggered via the motor drives.
>
> 3. The OM bodies can electrically trigger the data backs.
>
> 4. Therefore, the ability to interface a non-OM component to an OM
> body can be done with zero surgery to the OM body.
>
> 5. The shutter-speed of the exposure can be controlled one of two
> ways. Either the camera is set to a long shutter speed and the digital
> back to a shorter speed, or the digital back can be set to a long
> shutter speed and the camera's curtain governs the actual exposure.
>
> 6. Using this rangefinder project as an example, the guts of the
> digital camera can be stuffed into the film chambers as well as the
> custom back itself.
>
> 7. I really like what I'm seeing here and I think that it's closer
> than it has ever been before. I like the idea of using the low-end
> SONY in this case, because it's almost entirely touch screen control,
> so we don't have to build a control interface with ten zillion buttons
> and twisty controls.
>
> 8. The 3D printing with higher-quality materials makes it repeatable
> and manufacturable.
>
> 9. What would this be worth to me? I could easily justify a cost of
> $1200 for this to have an APS-C back for my OM bodies.
>
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