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The unarguable benefits of digital photography has rendered the analog SLR obsolete for most purposes. This means that a wide selection of cameras and lenses are available on the second hand market for pennies on the dollar, making them ripe targets for hacking. [drtonis] decided to experiment with a quick and easy digital conversion to an old Canon A-1, and it’s got us excited about the possibilities.
It’s a simple hack, but a fun one. The SLR is opened up, and the spring plate for holding the film is removed. A Raspberry Pi camera then has its original lens removed, and is placed inside the film compartment. It’s held in with electrical tape, upon a 3mm shim to space it correctly to work with the original optics.
(Score: 3, Informative) by ChrisMaple on Sunday November 17 2019, @06:12AM
The Raspberry Pi camera sensor is about 3.7 x 2.7 mm. The size of a full frame 35 mm camera image is 36 mm x 24 mm. That's about a 9:1 crop factor. Without going into all the details, it's going to provide poor quality with even the best 35 mm camera lenses ever made.