francesco_passamonti

<p>Thanks again for the answer!</p> <p>About the plate is really sad, but it still work for all the other cameras so maybe I can try to build a CAD 3D printable back that would make the sensor fit inside the Leica. <br> Thanks again for the help you are a great resource for me !</p>

<p>Yeah I did a bit of research too, sems like there are some "spy cameras" that have a 8*11mm film. I think I am going to convert them so as I can actually gain more trust on the topic (as you said).</p>

<p>That is a really nice answer, full of suggestions and I love it!</p> <p>Actually you are absolutely right about 8mm I was just looking about it the other day but I found only 8mm video cameras is that normal?<br> About the Braun Paxina that I am using, that is just because it does not contain electronics at all and it is very large on the inside, the sensor that I am using contains a connector that is pretty bulky so it offered a good workplace for the first moments of the project. Sure that would not be possible to convert even with a 35mm sensor because it will have a massive crop in the original film size.<br> About the Leica part you still right, however my idea is to offer every owner of an old film camera (especially 35mm) the possibility to convert their camera to digital not just Leica or rangefinders. The point of the project is not to make people sell their DSLR buy old SLR and convert it, but it is just like "Hey you! do you know that you can turn digital your old 35mm Canon for just 200USD ?".<br> Talking about the APS-C, that is a big bet. APS-Cs are for sure great sensors they have big pixels and decent price. What I actually wanted to do was to place them where the film should be, this will lead to a crop in the final picture but I think it is worth the price. My project is not about a perfect conversion (for that people can buy digital backs) but is to make people able to turn all their old camera to something new which they can use and from which they can take beautiful picture. It is unlikely that it would be used in professional scenarios.<br> For the placement of the sensor I wanted to use a mechanism that can 3D printed, and features something like a plastic screw which will keep in position the sensor without damaging the camera.</p> <p>P.S. As I wrote on the website I don't own a Leica, but are you sure that the film pressure plate is not removable? because in the two cameras that I used they can be easily removed and placed back without any tool.</p> <p>Again thanks for the answer I really appreciated it<br> Francesco</p>

<p>Yeah I saw that and it is really sad, but I am pretty motivated in this.<br> The old projects were amazingly expensive and they started from scratch, while my idea is based on a cheap, easy to use Raspberry Pi interface.<br> The project that I made is very cheap (30-35 USD). I think that a good APS-C sensor can be found for 100-150 dollars if bought in bulk quantities. In this months I set an appointment with some electrical engineers in order to understand how to connect a bigger sensor to the Pi, I hope I will receive good news. I believe that this project needs to be done despite the price and the effort.<br> I really believe in the camera conversion beside the commercial potential and I do not doubt that maybe I could also make it available as an open source project, all depends about the costs (which are really hard to calculate in this industry).<br> Stay tuned for more news!</p> <p>Cheers,<br> Francesco</p>

<p>Hello everybody, yesterday I completed my Wordpress website about the film camera conversion to digital.<br /><br />The project features a Raspberry Pi Zero connected to the new 8MP camera sensor, the camera board need the lenses to be removed and then you're set to go!...Plain and simple<br /><br />The sensor need to be placed exactly where the film should be and remember that all the pictures will be a bit blurry because of the small size of the sensor (mine are also worse because my sensor is pretty dirty).<br />At the moment is pretty hard for me to set the camera take picture and activate the sensor at the same time, this is also due to an hardware limitation (given by the rolling shutter which does not absorb all the light at the same time).<br> Down here is the link to the website with some pictures taken. If you want some more info or if you think you can help me out in my step forward, which is connect a bigger sensor to the Pi, please don't esitate to contact me <img title="Wink" src="https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/images/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif" alt=";)" /> <br /><br /><a href="https://flickfree.wordpress.com/">https://flickfree.wordpress.com/</a></p>

<p>Nice pics, the granada one is lovely</p>

<p>Love it</p>