Reply 20 of 33, by ratfink
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BitWrangler wrote on 2023-11-12, 17:40:This though... sell a kidney now in case there's one production run ever? wait for original price to slide down a bit? wait for knockoffs? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samellos/im-back-film
Micro 4/3 sensor plus a frontal 0.45 wide angle? No thanks. I love the idea though. There have been previous hoaxes about this kind of thing apparently. When I finally got into digital (c. 2015/16) I was disappointed this had never been done as Amateur Photographer ran articles about pretty much this back in the late 90s iirc. I honestly thought it must already exist (in FF form). And anyway, you'd have a new sensor in an old mechanical camera. Service guys are getting old and retiring etc.
I would say, forget this and get a secondhand Sony A7 series, some a remarkably cheap now. Short flange distance, adapters exist for a vast range of old (film era) lens mounts. Then you get a real FF sensor and all the gubbins.
But hey, it's your money and you have to do what gets you going =)
Edit: Just seen it's only £580... 🤣.... quite tempted just for a giggle tbh