sc_rufctr
Leica nuts
I found this by accident and I thought it was interesting to say the least. 
Check it out... http://translate.google.co.uk/trans...o.ne.jp/bokuto/kosaku/digibarna2/&sl=ja&tl=en
Check it out... http://translate.google.co.uk/trans...o.ne.jp/bokuto/kosaku/digibarna2/&sl=ja&tl=en
principe azul
Ian
People with too much time on their hands do make the world a more interesting place, don't they?
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Peter S
Guest
Yes indeed. Scary last picture. Can - with some difficulty- understand why people collect original WW2 uniforms etc, even if they are German, but people with fake Nazi stuff I just don't get.
sc_rufctr
Leica nuts
akarin
Established
I think someone had posted a link to this earlier, but the camera wasn't completed then (I think). It's nice to see it complete and working now.
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Peter S
Guest
...but we do have to give the guy credit for the job, even with his bad taste in uniforms.
robklurfield
eclipse
elsewhere on RFF there is a post with videos of both this camera AND of another japanese DIY'r who did the same thing using a real LTM leica as the basis for his engineering "feat."
sc_rufctr
Leica nuts
A real LTM Leica?
That would be such a waste.
That would be such a waste.
marlowe
Member
If you want to take pictures of your WWII re-enactment group, then you need a period camera. So it makes sense
What is guy has done is to cut a "sony" sized hole in an old camera, and stuff a digicam in it.
Isn't the point of a rangefinder, to use the viewfinder, and interchangeable lenses?
Paying USD 140 for the shell of a camera was too much i think.
What is guy has done is to cut a "sony" sized hole in an old camera, and stuff a digicam in it.
Isn't the point of a rangefinder, to use the viewfinder, and interchangeable lenses?
Paying USD 140 for the shell of a camera was too much i think.
robklurfield
eclipse
agreed. unless of course, it was already damaged/worn out beyond repair. since I don't speak japanese, I don't know the source of the donor body.
here's a link to the earlier thread. the first video is the same the OP in this thread posted. the second is of the real leica body.
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92859&highlight=nazi+leica
here's a link to the earlier thread. the first video is the same the OP in this thread posted. the second is of the real leica body.
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92859&highlight=nazi+leica
A real LTM Leica?
That would be such a waste.
sc_rufctr
Leica nuts
The donor body was sourced from E Bay. It's a Russian copy.
I searched myself on E Bay and there's a few guys in the Ukraine are selling these.
I searched myself on E Bay and there's a few guys in the Ukraine are selling these.
fotomeow
name under my name
cool, I have seen this before, but dont understand why they dont put in a D-Lux 3 or 4 and make it a "real" leica digital.
sc_rufctr
Leica nuts
That would be too expensive for most people.
This is more of a "project" IMO... Once it's complete it would probably end up in a desk draw.
I can't imagine anybody getting any reasonable use out of such a device.
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
Has been posted at least twice before. Somewhere here there's a thread which contains more links to similar DIY projects.
The camera is a cheap Russian knockoff.
The camera is a cheap Russian knockoff.
Matus
Well-known
Just wondering whether a Leica X1 could be used instead of the Sony WX1 ... :angel: