How to make your own Digital Leica!

[sc_rufctr]

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

 

[principe azul]

People with too much time on their hands do make the world a more interesting place, don't they? 🙂

 

[Peter S]

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]

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.

I agree. Seems a bit sad considering the history.

But the camera had me intrigued.

 

[akarin]

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. 🙂

 

[Peter S]

...but we do have to give the guy credit for the job, even with his bad taste in uniforms.

 

[robklurfield]

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]

A real LTM Leica?

That would be such a waste. 😡

 

[marlowe]

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.

 

[robklurfield]

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

A real LTM Leica?

That would be such a waste. 😡

 

[sc_rufctr]

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.

 

[fotomeow]

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]

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.

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]

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.

 

[Matus]

Just wondering whether a Leica X1 could be used instead of the Sony WX1 ... :angel: