BrianV
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Well the "Sw1tchfx" above is obviously not an engineer. He makes Pizza's for a living. I tinker with adapting lenses to work on Leica cameras. Paid for M9 and M Monochrom.
Full-frame cameras run $1500, used. The Nikon D600 broke the $2K barrier just recently. Adapting mechanical cameras and lenses can be done with machining, adapting digital and electronic cameras- once you get into the subsystems level- is hard. The camera back is inexpensive, and is a good starting point. Buying and taking apart used/broken digital cameras- a major undertaking. High-Megapixel camera backs exist for medium format cameras, and remain expensive. Kodak made a 6MPixel back for the N90 and for the Hasselblad. They would be the least expensive option. The Kodak DCS760 was a 6MPixel Nikon F5, the difference being it had a new body covering and did not come apart as did the DCS460. The "KAF-6300" has a 1.3x crop factor, and dynamic range that competes with "Modern Digital Cameras".
Full-frame cameras run $1500, used. The Nikon D600 broke the $2K barrier just recently. Adapting mechanical cameras and lenses can be done with machining, adapting digital and electronic cameras- once you get into the subsystems level- is hard. The camera back is inexpensive, and is a good starting point. Buying and taking apart used/broken digital cameras- a major undertaking. High-Megapixel camera backs exist for medium format cameras, and remain expensive. Kodak made a 6MPixel back for the N90 and for the Hasselblad. They would be the least expensive option. The Kodak DCS760 was a 6MPixel Nikon F5, the difference being it had a new body covering and did not come apart as did the DCS460. The "KAF-6300" has a 1.3x crop factor, and dynamic range that competes with "Modern Digital Cameras".
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