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Quick And Dirty Digital Conversion For Analog SLR Camera

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday November 16 2019, @09:17PM   Printer-friendly
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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

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.

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  • (Score: 2) by Nuke on Sunday November 17 2019, @11:37AM (1 child)

    by Nuke (3162) on Sunday November 17 2019, @11:37AM (#921237)

    he could accomplish the same thing without the SLR. Just build a light-tight box with the camera sensor inside of it, that can mount the lens out front

    Like an RPi camera, you mean?

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  • (Score: 2) by toddestan on Sunday November 17 2019, @07:33PM

    by toddestan (4982) on Sunday November 17 2019, @07:33PM (#921292)

    Exactly, though I might consider just getting a sensor so I wouldn't have to tear apart a RPI camera, though I assume the RPI camera is cheap and interfacing to it is easy.