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\n\t\t\t\"The<\/a>\t\t\t

The result of the Konica\/Sony DIY project, as seen on Ollie Baker’s website<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

After taking apart the NEX-5, the Brighton-based student used a 3D printing company to create a new back for the Konica analogue camera to replace the original.<\/p>\n

Ollie Baker says he has developed a digital camera that allows manual focusing through a working rangefinder.<\/p>\n

\u2018I designed it in two parts, the bottom part holding the SD card slot, the sensor, the motor, cogs and battery. The top part holds the screen and buttons, and the main circuit board is held together between the two parts.\u2019<\/p>\n

Ollie, who recently completed his A-levels, now\u00a0hopes to apply his film-to-digital<\/a>\u00a0skills to the iconic Leica M3, using a crowd-sourcing campaign to raise funds.<\/p>\n

He has launched a fundraising project on Kickstarter<\/a>, with the aim of creating a \u2018reversible digital conversion kit\u2019 for the iconic camera \u2013 with a view to starting ‘batch production’.<\/p>\n

The DIY engineering enthusiast adds: \u2018I will be placing a digital sensor in the M3 with all the circuitry and electronics it requires to work.<\/p>\n

\u2018The sensor will probably be from the Sony NEX-5, but if I can get enough funding, I will try to use the full-frame Sony Alpha 7.\u2019<\/p>\n

Ollie plans to make two models, one featuring an ISO dial instead of an LCD screen.<\/p>\n

So far, he has raised almost half of the \u00a33,000 he says he needs before the 31 October deadline.<\/p>\n

\u2018Your funding support will allow me to buy the necessary cameras, spend the time designing\u2026 and order the necessary prototypes.\u2019<\/p>\n\"konica.web2.\"<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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