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[Olly_ympus]

Photographers being the highly creative and technically minded people that they are raises a question.
 
I recently saw on ebay, what appeared to be a Russian Zenit, with most of the paint sanded off and with a film advance and rewind in silver

[Wernerjb]

Scroll down and you may be able to find one, a Yashica crossover Electro. And, just for the fun of it and because I had spares enough, I built myself a unique SRT with ALL the features of the Min model line, and most probably, a second one is to

[Olly_ympus]

I think if given enough parts to work with, a talented individual with the proper tools could conceivably invent anything.  
Hmmm,...an Olympus digital filmback would be nice to have. :-)

[Wernerjb]

sorry to say I am sorry, digital renders me speechless, wrong input, incorrect password, barking up the wrong tree - over and done with

[Dgillette4]

Hey : How about a film back for one of those digital reflexes? Don

[Olly_ympus]

Ahh, forgive me,... but I only like the convenience of digital for posting pics online and such. No film processing to wait for. I have recently come back to my film system after a brief foray into digital. My Olympus equipment takes far better pictur

[M_currie]

One good place to start might be seeing what films or sensors you could stuff into an old polaroid, since they are big and plentiful, relatively simple, and worth almost nothing.

[Dgillette4]

While working in a camera store in the 60,s my partner and I removed the 50 mm from an argus -model A , and cemented a juice can cut to length and mounted a press lens and shutter on it. We then proceded to send it into the repair shop for an extimate

[Dmax]

I have designed and constructed several 6x9 cameras using parts from different sources. The bodies are basically from 6x9 Agfa folders from the 1940s or so. I strip out the entire folding apparatus and the bellows, and in their place I construct a taper

[Frankl]

Now you have me going.....
I just came across a Kodak No. 2-A Folding  
Cartridge Premo.  It's a basket case.  The bellows is shot, the covering is a mess, there's fungus on the lens and the shutter leaves are mangled.  I am in the process of

[Dgillette4]

It might be easier and better ruggedness to buy a 6x9 cm graphic. And then mount different lenses and shutters on a lense board. I have done this and I mounted an ektar from a broken beatup medallist ,used the shutter lens combo and made a few mods on t

[Olly_ympus]

The possibilities are endless,...no? One could build almost any kind of camera one wanted out of old busted parts and new innovations. :-)

[Krafty5260]

This sounds quite a bit like Johnny Cash's Cadillac. But, instead of a 1952,3,4,5,6,7,8 Cadillac, we're talking about a KodaYashiRollAiresflex.

[Norman]

I am in the process of building/modifying a Nikon F into a non-viewfinder Leica screw camera to be used with a Heliar 15mm lens. The Nikon shutter is pretty quiet without the mirror flapping around and it is a lot lighter and smaller. I hope to have it in

[M_currie]

Just curious on above, are you simply going to recess the Leica mount into the larger Nikon hole, or are you going to modify the body more substantially?