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I've often daydreamed about a sub-unit that could fit in the back of a film camera and contain a sensor and some electronics. The sensor part would be thin enou
by keithpeter 11y ago
I've often daydreamed about a sub-unit that could fit in the back of a film camera and contain a sensor and some electronics. The sensor part would be thin enough to fit over the pressure plate and the electronics would be in the film can space along with a micro sd card for storage. The existing aperture/shutter would continue to control the light reaching the sensor. Basically digital film. That would be neat.
- bearbin 11y agoTo some extent these already exist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_camera_back http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_camera_back But they're more for medium/large format cameras.
- keithpeter 11y agoAbsolutely. But think about the potential of a drop-in 35mm 'digital inside'! Retro joy. I agree, probably not practical.
- jonah 11y agoI recall someone proposing this and maybe even attempting to prototype this some years ago. Never worked. Maybe with more recent advances in the miniaturization of electronics and batteries it would be possible.
- ianburrell 11y agoWith new technology, you could solve the major limitation of digital back compared to digital camera of not being able to immediately review the picture on display. Should be possible to wirelessly connect digital back to phone or tablet to review photo right after it is taken.
- jonah 11y agoSeveral concepts are linked below. None in production of course. http://petapixel.com/2012/12/17/nikon-patent-shows-a-back-for-turning-film-slrs-into-digital-cameras/ http://petapixel.com/2012/12/17/nikon-patent-shows-a-back-fo... http://petapixel.com/2011/04/08/another-concept-design-for-digital-film/ http://petapixel.com/2011/04/08/another-concept-design-for-d... http://petapixel.com/2013/08/16/convert-your-old-film-slr-into-a-digital-camera-with-the-digipod/ http://petapixel.com/2013/08/16/convert-your-old-film-slr-in...
- majormajor 11y agoBack in the 90s, some of the first digital cameras weren't much more than that[1], with Kodak and such making ones for specific SLRs. The part that I never knew about until finding this article was that a company even tried the direct "drop in roll of film replacement" approach in the early 2000s, but they couldn't get it off the ground. [1] http://olivierduong.com/converting-film-cameras-to-digital-efs-1-the-technology-that-almost-was/ http://olivierduong.com/converting-film-cameras-to-digital-e...
- keithpeter 11y agoExcellent find. Amazing but the crop factor was brutal.
- ukandy 11y agoGoogle "silicon film" & "digipod" for a couple of attempts at exactly this.