Kodak did this for some time with Nikon and Canon bodies. It was a major effort, cost them several millions each to do, and far as I'm aware they didn't make any money at it (which is why they discontinued the practice).
The modified digital SLR cameras cost much more than $500 on top of the original body. Godfrey Steve Desjardins wrote: > This got me thinking, and this is dangerous as I have work I'm > trying to > avoid. > > I remember that someone was trying to trying to make a digital > cartridge called efilm that would fit in film cameras. As far as I > know, they never got it to work. I wonder how hard/expensive it would > be to modify a (formerly) modern film camera like the MZ-S to stick a > sensor in. It would probably be doable but cost way too much. I > might > be wiling to pay to have my MZ-S converted if it cost under $500. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
