i am looking for a camera that will shoot a digital and 35mil at the same time. help me find one please

-- Clint Roe (ClintR1234@aol.com), July 17, 2000

Answers

Sorry Clint, Don't see it happening. There has been some work on this in the past few years on camera specific inserts to shoot digital. To date, and to my knowledge, no one has come close. Imagek was supposed to have something a couple of years ago, but no go, and it was limited to one specific Nikon, and one specific Canon (as I recall). Someone else was working on this solution, but I don't think anything ever happened. Wouldn't hold my breath!

-- fred (fdeaton@hiwaay.net), July 17, 2000.

The best compromise in this regard is to get a 35mm camera and a film scanner such as the photosmart scanner. You will not be able to instantly load your images into the computer but will have to get film developed first. On numerous occasions I have been able to get film developed (no prints) in 15 minutes or less. By looking at the negatives, I can decide which ones I want to scan and scan them. End result an image on the computer with not much more delay than using a digital camera and better resolution too.

something to think about

-- Jonathan Ratzlaff (jonathanr@clrtech.com), July 17, 2000.

Clint, Check out the current issue of eDIGITALPHOTO.com page 20. e film, by Silicon Film is marketing a drop in cartridge that goes in your 35 mm slr. It may be what you are looking for. I haven't tried it, but it looks interesting.

Good luck, Larry

-- Larry Yerxa (larz@cybertours.com), July 18, 2000.

I would have to agree with John, my Nikon 950 gets rather limited use as I still want the 35mm quality (at least). There are a few pro labs in my area where I can get slide film and my medium format stuff done in 2 hours. You might call around to find out who does that in your town. Its very cheap as well as I'm not getting prints, just the developing, I take them home, throw 'em on the light table, sort them , and scan away. I love it and frankly, until 6-7 megapixels are the norm , I'm not about to change. (That means about 2 more years before I migrate to fully digital) .

-- Cris Daniels (danfla@gte.net), July 18, 2000.

SilicomFilm, previously known as ImageK, have been marketing their wonderful gadget for years. Trouble is, they haven't produced any.

And it wouldn't solve Clint's problem. Shoot digital and film at the same time? No such camera, nor likely to be. But it's simple to do. Just bolt two cameras together.

(I've just remembered that you can bolt a video camera to the viewfinder of some SLRs, for remote photography. Does that solve the problem?)

-- Alan Gibson (Alan@snibgo.com), July 21, 2000.