Digital for any film camera, For real?

[alexnotalex]

and no need for batteries... just repurpose the film winder lever to crank the tiny dynamo...

 

[viv]

Works only on one day a year - April 1st.

 

[Shane]

Quite.

This was established in post #2, #3 and cited in #10 and #22 among others.

Regardless, surely we're (I'm?) allowed some inane ramblings in an April fools post, no?

Sorry, I guess that's what I get for not reading the whole topic.

 

[ChrisPlatt]

The mere mention of such a product seems to stir fear in both film and digital camps.

Being on the cited list doesn't prove or disprove anything.
So far all I have seen is opinions.

What if it's not a hoax?

Chris

 

[cliffpov]

I'm usually very skeptical of stories like this but I'm thinking there may be something to this. However, I'm betting if it does hit the photography market it will be a disappointment.

But I'm hoping this is a beginning of something a lot of us would love to see. So I'm hoping its true but not counting on as much even if it is.

 

[Matus]

That webpage looks to me like product/design exercise (quite well done, to be honest, just a bit too chunky) - and the author is probably counting how many hits is he going to earn.

Under section "Retrieve" is written: " ... (Abobe Runtime required)" 😛

All those "cartridges" are just 3D simulations.

Would I wish this were true? Sure - but it isn't 🙂

 

[MC JC86]

The mere mention of such a product seems to stir fear in both film and digital camps.

Being on the cited list doesn't prove or disprove anything.
So far all I have seen is opinions.

What if it's not a hoax?

Chris

Then it was either super clever or super dumb to publish their web page on April fool's day.

EDIT: Since the source of the site appears at least partially German, I guess I should've said uber instead of super.

 

[sara]

I just saw this and I basically started swearing at it haha!

 

[bensyverson]

What if it's not a hoax?

Do you really think they would introduce such a risky product in three discrete versions? The cost of bringing even one of these units to market would be enormous.

Also, "Graphics editing program runs from cartridge?" Give me a break.

People are far too credulous when it comes to hastily slapped-together 3D renderings, especially when we're discussing a product that was announced on April 1.

 

[Keith]

The threat to film isn't from DSLRs or the X100 or Lumix or whatever ... it's something like this! If someone was to perfect such a device and release it on the market all hell would break loose IMO. There's a lot of people using old film cameras because they like the tactile relationship with the camera itself ... offer them something like this and a lot of them aren't going to buy film any more!

I'm glad it's only an April fools joke because personally I wouldn't like to see it happen at all. I like my digital cameras and I like my film cameras ... no cross pollination necessary for me thanks!

 

[kshapero]

I just got this email: "Thankyou for your enquiry about Re35. Some good news: The feedback to our "product" has truly been overwhelming. It seems Re-35 really addresses a need and people worldwide can‚t seem to wait to get their hands on our "product". The bad news: Some things are to good to be true! Re35 does not really exist. We (the design company Rogge & Pott) created Re35 as an exercise in identity-design. We invented the "product" because it was something, that we had wished for for a long time (as many others). We launched the website and sent out "press releases" on April first - thinking, that the date would make clear, that Re35 is just wishful thinking - a classic April Fools Prank! However: All this attention Re35 ist getting might actually be good for something. It proves, that there is a gigantic community of photographers with analog equipment out there that is desperately waiting for a product like this to come along. We hope there are no hard feelings and that you are not too disappointed. Cheers from Germany. Henning Rogge"

 

[shadowfox]

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? 🙄

I think this is a well done hoax, playing on a great idea.

If a company were to take on this, they would be wise to concentrate on the most popular film camera out there. Be it Nikon F or OM-1 or Leica M. Get it working on *one* type/brand/model, shutter-coupling, metering, etc.

Then you can pretty much charge any price to fund the next research on how to get the sensor working on the next model that people would pay for.

 

[oftheherd]

Yes it was! Nicely made "ad" 🙂 And it took about twice about my ususal time to "prove" the hoax. So it was good entertainment on all fronts. Thanks for posting it 🙂

Did anyone see the Gmail in motion page. Talk about a lot of work for an Apr 1 joke!

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/introducing-gmail-motion.html

 

[Jamie123]

Sometimes I wonder what kind of people fall for those Nigerian e-mail scams. Now I know. Some people just want to believe something so much that they completely disregard all the obvious signs that show it's a hoax.