It's the medium format way of doing things but, excepting the earlier multiscan backs, an electronic interface to control the digi back needs to be built into the camera body. Leica R8/R9s evidently have the required interface. A full time DSLR doesn't need that interface because its digital imager is integral to the camera. If it was feasible to have an instantaneous shot style of digi back that could link up to a camera with no interface, DigitalFilm would have appeared years ago instead of languishing in vapourware limbo.
regards, Anthony Farr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Th. Stach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (snip) > > Wow, indeed. > But why then can't Pentax develop such a back for an MZ-S or LX? > Silly question? > I'd be happy with such a back and would pay for it the price of an > *ist-D I think. > No need for another body... > > After all, manufacturers from Chinon to Zeiss where presenting mockups > of such backs since the eighties, and I'd really like to know why nobody > ever did it. > > Just my 0,02 EUR. > > Thomas > >
