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| Posted: Fri Oct 6th, 2017 15:42 |
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jk
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This looks interesting for those of us with film Nikons in our cupboards. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samellos/im-backtm-pro-low-cost-digital-back-for-35mm-analo?nr
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| Posted: Sat Oct 7th, 2017 04:27 |
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Robert
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From what I can see the image quality of these kits is abysmal, the massive appendage under the camera seems excessive, completely dominating the camera. Total wast of money in my opinion. Better buying the occasional roll of film and enjoying the old cameras as they were designed to be. It's easy enough to convert film to digital if so desired. This should have been done when digital first appeared but of course the camera manufacturers wanted to integrate digital totally into the camera for a complete package, which as it turned out it seems to me was a sensible move. Maybe with medium format it would have been good but the cost scalability wouldn't have worked. Just look at what Hasselblad pass off as 'medium format' today and the price! However, it left us, the users in the position of funding the development, as manufacturers rolled out tiny incremental improvements over time as they conquered the challenges one by one. They still are but I think they are now moving beyond providing the users NEEDS into the realms of fantasy with the sensitivity and definition available. Somehow the manufacturers seem to have engendered an insatiable lust for ever increasing ISO and pixel counts. Way beyond what was available with even the very best of film cameras (in any format). I'm not saying we should stop improving, I'm just saying for most needs we are already 'there' and that improvements beyond what is now the norm are very optional, not 'must have'. Instead of a horse and cart, we don't ALL need a Bugatti Veyron in the garage, something much less exotic gets the job done very nicely. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron
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| Posted: Sat Oct 7th, 2017 16:15 |
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jk
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Would need to see price of this unit and also it it worked with my F3 before I parted with my cash. This solution is not as elegant as the Silicon Film eFilm solution.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 7th, 2017 16:39 |
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Robert
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Not really familiar with these kick-start sites but this screenshot from the I'm Back page seems to give a clue on pricing. At least they don't seem to be very ambitious with their pricing, probably reflecting the quality of the images they show from the back.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 7th, 2017 19:45 |
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TomOC
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I've paid my dues in Kickstarter projects. If the product is even remotely good, they will sell through normal channels eventually. Most KS things I've ordered have been delayed delayed delayed and a piece of *#>t when I finally got it. the best tip off that you've been had is when you start getting a steady stream of Great News emails, that all the founders went to the factory today to pick out the proper color (or texture or whatever). Nope, nope, Nope...any emails from KS are now handled quite nicely by my spam filter 
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| Posted: Sun Oct 8th, 2017 12:31 |
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Eric
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TomOC wrote:I've paid my dues in Kickstarter projects. So you are still undecided Tom? 
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| Posted: Sun Oct 8th, 2017 16:11 |
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jk
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Well I will wait for the product to hit the market.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 9th, 2017 00:54 |
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amazing50
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jk wrote:Well I will wait for the product to hit the market. Don't hold your breath
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| Posted: Mon Oct 9th, 2017 03:07 |
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jk
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Yes I wont be. The original eFilm product from SiliconFilm never made it to market.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 9th, 2017 09:21 |
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amazing50
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Most of the old glass won't hold up to modern sensors, so any high res adapter would be of limited use. Any retro fit system would still be bogged down by shutter ****ing, etc. and probably be slow and clumsy to operate.
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