And for pleasure of use and feel, I'll take my Nikon FM2 over any DSLR.Īgain, it would be niche at best, and certainly demand for such a device would be lower than it would have been a decade ago. Price a digital rangefinder these days ain't cheap. In such a case, it is not impossible that a profitable venture could emerge, albeit one that is extremely niche (Not everyone measures financial success by the billions).Ī number of folks still exist who enjoy film cameras because the cameras themselves possess qualities or a price tag not available in the digital domain. Let's even go so far to say that it is "full frame" and at least 20 megapixels. It will also have an out of camera cover to protect the sensor when not in use or when charging the pod for use.Whether this specific device even materializes is still highly questionable, so the following hypothetically assumes that someone creates an affordable 'pod' (US$400 or less) that is compatible with 35mm film cameras. The DigiPod will be delivered with instructions and links to video tutorials to assist those that may feel they need assistance to set up their old cameras. * 5000 backers will see the digiPod use a 4/3rds which is 18.0 x 13.5 millimetre.
#DIGIPOD 35MM UPGRADE#
* 2000 backers will allow us to upgrade the Cmos sensor to a 1” that’s 12.8 to 9.6 millimetre. Now for the technical bit, the sensor we have budgeted for in the costs at the trigger of 1000 sponsors is the 2/3, that gives an 8.8 x 6.6 millimetre image capture area, we will be supplying a mirror and view finder mask within the packages to match the sensor in the DigiPod.īut as we all know, order quantity dictates cost of raw materails, so we have some added some stretch goals, which if we achieve will see all backers being upgraded to a larger sensor than the one we budgeted for at our minimum backer activation of 1000 units. We have added some limited edition colours for the first 250 backers and a second round of not so limited for the next 750 backers. The DigiPod for your old SLR and the size of sensor it has is reliant on how many people commit to having one so the more that know about the DigiPod the better DigiPod gets. From there its all systems go, so if you do want DigiPod to go to production once you have backed Digipod make sure you tell all of your friends about it. Digipod ContinuedĭigiPod is going nowhere unless we get 1000 backers, thats the trigger point. As you saw each image is focused on different parts of the image.īecause the sensor used in the prototype is 1/2.5 it only captures part of the image in the Minolta's viewfinder, in the production models the sensor will capture more than 20 times the area shown here. These are the images taken in the video, the camera is the Minolta 35mmSLR with a AF zoom 35-70mm 1:3.5(22)-45.
#DIGIPOD 35MM PLUS#
I wanted the Digipod to be as versatile as possible in the space available, so there is no hard memory, everything is saved to a micro sd card, plus it has a mini USB for direct connection to a computer and a built in battery. So for the last five years been looking for a way to make a digital film pod to replace the 35mm film for these cameras, there has been a number of prototypes and a very steep learning curve for me. Some are completely mechanical others have batteries to power meters, there are Nikons, Canons and a couple of Leicas’, in my eyes they are all works of art and I have taken some wonderful images with them, but they have not taken pictures for a number of years and that’s a sin. Via /4/digipod-slr-film-replacement/Īs a 58 year old ex-professional photographer I have for years been looking at a number of old analogue or as I call them wet film (refers to the developing process) SLR camera bodies that I used as a young professional, all of which are precision mechanical instruments, they all hold great memories and have taken some great images. Jackson is attempting to save the camera of his youth with his “DigiPod” campaign on Indiegogo, which is raising funds for the creation of a digital film pod to replace analog film and thus keep the cameras in use. And with the rapid disappearance of 35mm film developers, it seems these relics might soon become extinct.
#DIGIPOD 35MM PROFESSIONAL#
Well, if James Jackson has anything to do with it, you'll soon be able to re-use those old bodies and shoot digitally with them!įor James Jackson, a 58-year-old professional photographer, a traditional SLR camera represents an almost bygone era of photography. I'm guessing many of us have old cameras that shot film but we're either lazy or just love our old bodies and wish we could use them again.
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