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digital conversion of Diana camera

Greeting Chieh,

I have just found your website and thought I would ask a question directly.
Always loved shooting with Diana camera a long time ago. Then gave up my darkroom and film processing also.

What is the possibility of taking a Diana lens, or with the body and modifying it to become a high mega pixel digital camera. I am no scientist here and have never seen any blog nor website addressing the possibilities. I would assume to maintain the nice darkened 4 corner dreamy edged frame the focus would be reduced to fit in the middle of the 35 mm rectangle with some black bars upon the sides from lack of light? If that idea sounds like a extreme conversion then what about the option of modifying the Jam Cam (cheap early digital camera with plastic lens) and revamping the sensors and electronics to become a megapixel version.

I am amazed with the re-found popularity of the Diana that nobody is manufacturing and selling a digital version.

Thank you Chieh for your consideration,
I am completely without resources to understand if these modifications are possible.

Christopher Tichacek
Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:36:11 +0000

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