The improved I’m Back® project that adds a digital back to old Pentax film cameras is now back on Kickstarter :
The first low-cost digital back for your 35mm camera. For those who always wanted to have a “hybrid” camera working with photographic films or in digital mode.
Use your old analog camera, which probably is lost somewhere inside a box or ended-up in your small “personal museum” taking a lot of dust! We’re now in the digital era and are ready to give a second life to it with the only low-cost digital back available on the market!
The main innovation nevertheless, is the software, that gives now the possibility to take photos with the MANUAL mode, leaving the user full control of the shutter speed and the diaphragm aperture of the camera. I’m Back®35 will then record the images as it was set through the analog camera!
Specifications:
Processor: Icatch V39
Sensor: Panasonic 34112
LCD: 2.0 inch
Display: 240*RGB*320 LCD
Video format: 4K 3840*2160/30FPS – 1920*1080P/60fps – 1280*720P/120fps
Video format: MOV
Photo resolution: 14M/10M/8M/other
Photo format: JPEG and COLOR RAW
Memory: Micro SD / Class 10 Max 128G
Microphone/Speaker: Built-in
Frequency: 50Hz/60Hz
Power interface 7.4V – 1A
Battery: 7.4v lithium battery
Type C – HDMI – TF card – MIC – 3.5mm – Sync cable – 1.5mm
System requirements: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows7, MAC OSX 10.3.6 and above
MANUAL setting – You frame and choose at what speed to shoot and as well the diaphragm aperture, your camera exposes and I’m Back®35 records.
New design – leaner and more ergonomic
New PCBA, exclusively designed for I’m Back®35
New software to control the MANUAL exposure function.
Output files: RAW and JPEG
New battery with higher performance and durability – i.e. NP F550 / F570
New universal cover with aluminum support – You can fit it to 99% of all 35mm analog cameras available on the market in a simple and fast way.
Dedicated back covers are available for the following brands and models: