clive_kenyon
Well-Known Member
Thanks Austin,
I appreciate your time and for the most part can go along with your views especially as you and not I are the technical expert.
However, the 'No Need' aspect bothers me. I can see that film will be available for many years as will commercial processing. After all, it is only recently that long obsolete film like 110 was withdrawn from general sale. What I cannot rationalise is that there will be literally millions of film cameras still in circulation including classics like my Contax ii and Contax D. Now, they all have the same size film chamber and if you place a sensor or indeed piece of film right up against the spring loaded film plate it should be in the right place to be correctly focused. Given the universal size of the innards of these cameras, their vast numbers and the fact that there would be no license or other hindrance to stop anyone making something to fit any / every brand I would have thought that the potential for profit would be immense?
I certainly would consider a digital insert for my old cameras if it was of a sufficient image quality and low enough cost. The first part would be covered with general generic improvements and the second by economies of scale.
Maybe I am whistling in the wind, but how many others would buy such a device for their film cameras?
Clive
I appreciate your time and for the most part can go along with your views especially as you and not I are the technical expert.
However, the 'No Need' aspect bothers me. I can see that film will be available for many years as will commercial processing. After all, it is only recently that long obsolete film like 110 was withdrawn from general sale. What I cannot rationalise is that there will be literally millions of film cameras still in circulation including classics like my Contax ii and Contax D. Now, they all have the same size film chamber and if you place a sensor or indeed piece of film right up against the spring loaded film plate it should be in the right place to be correctly focused. Given the universal size of the innards of these cameras, their vast numbers and the fact that there would be no license or other hindrance to stop anyone making something to fit any / every brand I would have thought that the potential for profit would be immense?
I certainly would consider a digital insert for my old cameras if it was of a sufficient image quality and low enough cost. The first part would be covered with general generic improvements and the second by economies of scale.
Maybe I am whistling in the wind, but how many others would buy such a device for their film cameras?
Clive