Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-14 Thread Thibouille
David, if I could take digital picture with my MX, KX, SuperA beleive me I would. The thing is, this is the last thing manufacturers want us to get. If something like this hits the street, a lot less people will buy DSLRs. As for sensor performance, just get the next version of this RE35 or

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: Rob Studdert On 10 April 2011 22:23, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Any protective coverings would have to be thin enough they wouldn't protrude materially beyond the film plane or the whole idea wouldn't work. Which is why a true FF sensor of this type is a virtual

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-11 Thread Rob Studdert
On 11 April 2011 22:01, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: You're confusing economic infeasibility with impossible. Every day I use stuff that was impossible when I started in photography. If there's really a market for something like this, some genius will eventually figure out how

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Apr 11, 2011, at 8:18 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 11 April 2011 22:01, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: You're confusing economic infeasibility with impossible. Every day I use stuff that was impossible when I started in photography. If there's really a market for something

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-10 Thread John Sessoms
From: Rob Studdert On 5 April 2011 18:46, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: Probably wouldn't be too hard to replace the spring loaded platen on one of my LX Digital or Analog Dial Data backs with a FF sensor, and cram the electronics into the fairly large battery and clock box.

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10 April 2011 22:23, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Any protective coverings would have to be thin enough they wouldn't protrude materially beyond the film plane or the whole idea wouldn't work. Which is why a true FF sensor of this type is a virtual impossibility. -- Rob

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-09 Thread Rob Studdert
On 5 April 2011 18:46, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: Probably wouldn't be too hard to replace the spring loaded platen on one of my LX Digital or Analog Dial Data backs with a FF sensor, and cram the electronics into the fairly large battery and clock box. Expand the Dial Data

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-09 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 9, 2011, at 15:46 , Rob Studdert wrote: On 5 April 2011 18:46, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: Probably wouldn't be too hard to replace the spring loaded platen on one of my LX Digital or Analog Dial Data backs with a FF sensor, and cram the electronics into the fairly

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 4, 2011, at 13:34 , John Sessoms wrote: From: David Parsons Have you ever seen a digital back? They are at least an inch thick. It's certainly possible to do, but I can't imagine any way that it would economical. Would you pay a couple thousand dollars to use an old film camera

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bruce Walker On 11-04-03 7:09 PM, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: This is very intriguing http://re35.net/ Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est This idea has been around for many years now (more than 5), seeing as no information is available (at all) and the contact page says

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-04 Thread Toine
Google siliconfilm. It was a real idea around 2001. If I'm not in error also an actual 1.2 Mp product http://www.dpreview.com/news/9909/99090501siliconfilm.asp -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-04 Thread David Parsons
One of the classic items that defines vaporware. On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: Google siliconfilm. It was a real idea around 2001. If I'm not in error also an actual 1.2 Mp product http://www.dpreview.com/news/9909/99090501siliconfilm.asp -- PDML

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: Toine Google siliconfilm. It was a real idea around 2001. If I'm not in error also an actual 1.2 Mp product http://www.dpreview.com/news/9909/99090501siliconfilm.asp Never got beyond the prototype ... and I don't think it was even a *working* prototype. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-04 Thread Steven Desjardins
Hope springs eternal. The technical problems with this must be nuts or someone would have done t by now, Either that or it would cost too much. An old MX with digifilm? My old MZ-S? I wonder what I would have paid to be able to use all those bodies again without film. On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-04 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 4, 2011, at 12:26 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Hope springs eternal. The technical problems with this must be nuts or someone would have done t by now, Either that or it would cost too much. An old MX with digifilm? My old MZ-S? I wonder what I would have paid to be able to use

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-04 Thread David Parsons
Have you ever seen a digital back? They are at least an inch thick. It's certainly possible to do, but I can't imagine any way that it would economical. Would you pay a couple thousand dollars to use an old film camera worth $20 (or even $200)? What do you do with cameras that don't have

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-04 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 4, 2011, at 12:49 PM, David Parsons wrote: Have you ever seen a digital back? They are at least an inch thick. It's certainly possible to do, but I can't imagine any way that it would economical. That was kind of my point. Don't the phase one backs go for about $20K? So for the

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: This is very intriguing http://re35.net/ Someone put a lot of work and care into that web site. But not enough to hide the fact that it's a hoax. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-04 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 4, 2011, at 1:07 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Larry Colen wrote: This is very intriguing http://re35.net/ Someone put a lot of work and care into that web site. But not enough to hide the fact that it's a hoax. It's apparently an advertising firm, and they seem to be getting a lot of

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 4, 2011, at 1:07 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Larry Colen wrote: This is very intriguing http://re35.net/ Someone put a lot of work and care into that web site. But not enough to hide the fact that it's a hoax. It's apparently an advertising firm, and they seem to

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Parsons Have you ever seen a digital back? They are at least an inch thick. It's certainly possible to do, but I can't imagine any way that it would economical. Would you pay a couple thousand dollars to use an old film camera worth $20 (or even $200)? What do you do with cameras

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
If I believed this was real, I'd be out there snapping up Leica M-4P and Nikon F3 bodies, some lovely old lenses, right now. Actually, though, there is a new sensor technology in the labs that could be used for this once it is . A nanno-dot technology manufactured by a process which deposits

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Photovoltaic cells can be produced on thin amorphous film, so I suppose a sensor made from amorphous material is possible. Paul On Apr 4, 2011, at 6:27 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: If I believed this was real, I'd be out there snapping up Leica M-4P and Nikon F3 bodies, some lovely old lenses,

RE: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-04 Thread Bob W
If I believed this was real, I'd be out there snapping up Leica M-4P and Nikon F3 bodies, some lovely old lenses, right now. Actually, though, there is a new sensor technology in the labs that could be used for this once it is . A nanno-dot technology manufactured by a process which

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-04 Thread David Parsons
Looks like it went much farther than anyone really intended: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/general-photography/139096-digital-film-gets-new-lease-life.html#post1453566 On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Larry Colen wrote: This is very intriguing

RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-03 Thread Larry Colen
This is very intriguing http://re35.net/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

RE: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-03 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
This is very intriguing http://re35.net/ Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est This idea has been around for many years now (more than 5), seeing as no information is available (at all) and the contact page says will be available later this year without even mentioning what year

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-03 Thread Brian Walters
On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:00 -0700, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: This is very intriguing http://re35.net/ I'm pretty sure that this was another April 1 fun site. (not that I wouldn't be interested if it was really..er, real). Cheers Brian ++ Brian

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-03 Thread CarlG
This is very intriguing http://re35.net/ Not really. If you check the name and http on that page, you will end up at a German design firm -- and that's not sensor design -- where they tell you of their efforts and how ... pünktlich zum 1. April wird die entsprechende Pressemitteilung ... sent

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-03 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-04-03 7:09 PM, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: This is very intriguing http://re35.net/ Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est This idea has been around for many years now (more than 5), seeing as no information is available (at all) and the contact page says will be available later

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-03 Thread P. J. Alling
Looks like silicon film, I think they came close to shipping something, maybe, 4-6mp with a serious crop factor, but only worked in a limited number of cameras. Still I'd love to have something like that for my LX, though I doubt that anything will ever come of it. On 4/3/2011 7:00 PM, Larry