Digital and Film Camera in One Body

[clarence]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AMAZING-2-in-...5QQihZ001QQcategoryZ31388QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Don't get excited. This is merely a 35mm film point and shoot with a tiny digital camera mounted on top. I can't think of anyone who already has a digital camera who might gain some utility from it, since a normal digital point and shoot actually has the benefit of an LCD screen.

Clarence

 

[markinlondon]

Didn't Kodak or someone make an APS compact a few years ago that had a live preview LCD? I can't really see the point of this but I suppose there's a market for just about anything.

 

[zuikologist]

A bizarre Frankenstein contraption

 

[pvdhaar]

Don't know what to think of it.. On the one hand it's as dumb as it can get; obviously the digital part is an ultra cheap low resolution USB camera, the film lens probably is from the crappy department.. On the other hand, it's brilliant. Shoot in B&W and you can have a sort of contact sheet in a jiffy without mucking about with chemicals. Now, if only the taking lens were decent..

 

[clintock]

With the tiny digital compacts like the optio and similar I sometimes wish I had a hot-shoe to tripod thread adaptor so I could just affix a little digital camera on top of my real camera, and use the digital as a fill flash/viewfinder. Oh plus I guess it could take a pic too!.

 

[supermax]

I wonder if anybody thought about a digital back for normal cameras or mf cameras (Kiev, Hassemblad,Bronica,etc.)

 

[jaapv]

Somehow I thought you were talking about the Leica R9-DMR. 🙁. This is rather the other end of the price and quality range...

 

[dll927]

This reminds me of the debate about audio stereo equipment - is it better to buy an all-in-one or buy separate components. The disadvantage of the all-in-one is that if one thing goes wrong, you have to take the whole thing to be repaired. Now you are without anything.

Given the differences between film and digital processes, I'd like to know how they managed to hook this thing together. As mentioned above, it probably is a jerry-built contraption that won't serve much purpose for anything.

 

[clarence]

There are two lenses and two shutters, for the film and digital sensor respectively. You can look at the diagram on the page.