should I start buying an F6/F5 an FM-3 and all F's i can get back?

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make
one for BW only (M-M style)
one without AA filter
one hi-MP back 50+ mp
one hi-iso back 50k iso clean
one with strong AA filter, for the fabric and fashion guys

And we'll start buying sensors and backs instead of plastic bodys.

edit: nikon please don't forget a back for us 'S-mount Nikon rangefinder' guys.
 
I have an FM3A and an F3. I would love to see my F3 wearing one of these!
Also imagine how easy it would be to do Infrared photography with it and then put things back for ordinary photography.
 
I'd love to be proven wrong, but I just can't see the commercial potential.

Maybe if they'd released it a decade (or more) ago, when people were still using their film SLRs by the millions. This could have made sense as an alternative to buying a new DSLR.

By now, world+dog has gone digital, and few people would actually want to ditch their current DSLR to revert to a fifteen-year old camera with a digital back - doubly so as a back like this would likely cost way more than an entry- (or even mid-level) /current/ DSLR.

One can always dream, though - a digital FM2/FM3a would be great - better still if there was some way to hack it onto one of my M4s...

Now, if anyone would make a film back for the D3, we'd really be in business... 🙂
 
Both Kodak and Leica have already done this. Apart from patent infringements(?!) there is nothing to stop any of us making such a device - apart from money of course.
 
I can see the attraction but to be honest I'm happy with my DSLR the way it is and I love my SLRs for what they are ... film cameras! Aside from the attraction of the media itself the sensation of the film being dragged through the camera onto the takeup spool as you re-cock the shutter is something I love.

Why turn (not permanently I realise) a beautiful analog device into something it was never intended to be when the world is currently knee deep in high quality digital cameras that don't cost an arm and a leg?
 
You've been able to do this with medium format for years. I use a Hasselblad cfv39 back on 3 different bodies. It works perfect and I can switch back to film in just seconds.
 
Well, I guess "the big deal" is we might get a small DSLR that handles and feels just like old times. But would that really be the case? Or would that electronic package hanging off the back be too bulky? Maybe the trusty old FE2, FA, etc., would never be the same.

I wonder if this works equally well (or at all) with all models? What is the point of using it on an FM2? The mechanical, non-battery dependent FM series would then be battery-dependent, so would there be a reason to bother? Might as well have an electronically timed shutter, I should think.

Still, if the conversion package is small enough, it would be really neat to shoot with a digital camera that feels real and familiar in the hand!

I wonder which of my Nikons I would want this on. If any. I see the backs all come off of my FE2, FA, F3, and F100. But then, maybe it only works on certain models?
 
I think it only makes limited sense, but the real point would be, to stop generating plastic waste wich each generation of new DSLR's , which become obsolete in 2 years. It would be nice to see the manufacturers concentrate on making the digital cameras that have good ergonimics, limited bulk, and are actually pleasant tu use, and update these every 10 years, while the latest digital sensor could simply be swapped as a replacement module. Also, this could permit you to have a colour digital, B&W digital or even IR digital moduls, as multiple backs.
 
Just their lawyers trying to patent well-charted terrain - that is, a tile-and-stitch back. The patent office should have kicked that out, given not only prior knowledge but almost twenty years of marketed implementations of exactly the same device in the large format market.
 
mfogiel said:
I think it only makes limited sense, but the real point would be, to stop generating plastic waste wich each generation of new DSLR's , which become obsolete in 2 years.
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You say waste, the manufacturers say profit. A 2 year replacement cycle on a thousand dollar (plus or minus a few hundred) device is a golden goose of a consumer item! As much as I wish a DSLR could be a decade investment, think about everything that has changed - sensor, AF array, metering array, LCD, card slots (older cameras won't recognize high capacity cards), write buffer memory, processors (DIG!C-5 now?), and even the battery management hardware has been updated. (NiMH to LiPO)

Modern cameras really do have more in common with computers than classic cameras, and because of that - we have this culture of "churn".
 
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