Digital for any film camera, For real?

MC JC86 said:
Why would you want it? It completely eliminates all (read most) of the advantages of a digital camera. No preview screen/histograms, none of the in camera control. Also is without most of the benefits of shooting film.
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Some of us love digital, but also love old cameras. I would love something like this.
 
This was tried 10 years ago, and the company actually had test images available. In the end, it was the power source that they claimed killed it off. "Silicon Filmworks", or something like that.

If a company does pull this off, I'm buying one.

These guys tried:

http://www.dcviews.com/press/SiliconFilm_SF10.htm
 
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jsrockit said:
Some of us love digital, but also love old cameras. I would love something like this.
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Oh, I understand that and count myself in that number (well, I don't LOVE digital, but think it would be neat to be able to use my cameras for digital output straight from the camera without scanning) I just don't see how it would come close to being as efficient and effective as either A. Using a digital camera to take pictures or B. Using a film camera to take pictures on film.

If it ever became available, and was reasonably priced, and was just like shooting film only without all the consumables involved it certainly would be neat. Those, however, are some mighty big "ifs".
 
MC JC86 said:
🙂"Set the ISO to 400 and your done - your camera will now take high quality digital pictures."


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Yeah, I don't see any DX contacts on the canister to even know that the camera is set to 400. Plus, it wouldn't even matter then with the old mechanical cameras with meters that don't couple to the shutter.

Likely possible in maybe another decade, but for now we'll just have to deal with people screwing around.

edit - PLUS, how would it know when the shutter is firing? They've worked that out with the Hasselblad V system by connecting the leaf shutter to the digital back via PC Sync, but I don't see that working with an internal system like this.
 
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MC JC86 said:
... but think it would be neat to be able to use my cameras for digital output straight from the camera without scanning) I just don't see how it would come close to being as efficient and effective as either A. Using a digital camera to take pictures or B. Using a film camera to take pictures on film.
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You contradicted yourself... Anyway, that's the point. Digital is more efficient.
 
jsrockit said:
You contradicted yourself... Anyway, that's the point. Digital is more efficient.
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I don't see any contradiction; just saying it sounds like a neat idea, in practice though just silly.


If you think my words contradict one another, I assure you my thoughts are even more confused. 😉

EDIT: After rereading perhaps some clarification is in order (as this is a matter of the utmost import and seriousness) I wasn't questioning why one would want to use an old camera with a digital sensor inside; just why anyone would want to do so with what it would have to be to work. Think of how upset people were having to use filters on the M8 or kvetching over coding lenses or not.
 
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At some point, the technology will advance to the point where it's feasible. However, the big issue with old cameras will be dust. Secondarily, will be Leica users who put their camera onto a table lens up, which will burn a hole through the shutter and subsequently destroy he sensor.

And it will be a long time -- maybe never -- before we see one for 6x9.

Hopefully, I'll be dead a long time before I ever want to stick a sensor into one of my cameras. I actually like film, how it looks and the entire act of processing film, limited number of exposures and pulling the processed negatives from the tank.

I feel zero emotional connection to images from my Pentax K10D, although it is an excellent device.
 
jsrockit said:
Some of us love digital, but also love old cameras. I would love something like this.
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eBay 120707362640 is for you - it's old, it's digital, it's a Nikon F3, and it doesn't even have a screen.

(Try to figure out how to get the pictures out of there without the extra hard drive unit, though.)
 
Same way as you make it "known" to the film in your camera: it captures whatever light hits it when the back is closed. The only light hitting it then should be when the shutter is open.

BlaesFevrier said:
How do you make it know when to record an image? Apparently it is not connected to the shutter button of your old camera, is it? 🙄
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