Daniel Buck
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I wouldn't need an LCD, or EXIF data, or other features. Just a chip that captures the image when the shutter is fired! Hell, you could even put ISO settings (about the only setting that the chip would need) as toggle switches inside the camera, like the custom function switches on an EOS-1 film body. Simple settings, 100, 400, 800, 1600! That would be alot of fun, heck I'd use it!
Would be quite a challenge to develop though, beings that most cameras aren't the same size/shape (though most 35mm film cameras have a similar layout for the area where the film canisters go), or better yet, a way to link the sensor to the shutter button. I guess one way would be to have a remote (IR or something) that you could turn the sensor into 'active' mode, then you fire your shutter like normal, then deactivate the sensor with the IR remote again. That way the chip wouldn't need to be wired up to the camera's trigger button. With no LCD or other functions, I bet the chip's battery would last a good while  Would be a pretty big hack, but man it would be fun! Figure out some way to coat the chip so it's at least some-what resistant to scratches, that would be a must!
Edited on Jul 31, 2008 at 06:10 AM
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