The modular DSLR is here!! :)

Japanese planned obsolescence really is daunting, new cameras coming along every 12 months...so a solution has arrived!

http://www.phootos.com/orphanFrame.htm?http://www.phootos.com/digiflex2.htm

Ugly....and $9000 USD. I don't think that idea is going to catch on. Interesting though!

Jim Carney said:

http://www.phootos.com/orphanFrame.htm?http://www.phootos.com/digiflex2.htm

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And, judging by the 1999 date at the bottom of the page, it's been here for about 10 years. I guess it wasn't a good enough idea to catch on.
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Dave Luttmann said:

Ugly....and $9000 USD. I don't think that idea is going to catch on.
Interesting though!

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I think it is discontinued! I don't even know if Horseman still exists.

Jim Carney said:

Japanese planned obsolescence really is daunting, new cameras coming
along every 12 months...so a solution has arrived!

http://www.phootos.com/orphanFrame.htm?http://www.phootos.com/digiflex2.htm

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That "solution":

1) Was discontinued 8 years ago.

2) Had the performance of a Nikon D40 or Canon rebel body (1/2000 sec shutter speed, awkward controls, no weather sealing, 92% coverage viewfinder).

3) Weighed about 6 pounds (3 for the camera, 3 for an MF digital back).

4) Was manual focus.

5) Had a very high total cost of ownership, instead of replacing $8000 (soon down to $3000) DSLRs, you replaced $30,000 MF digital backs.

6) Had lower performance in the 24x36mm cropped portion of a MF back than a purpose built FF DSLR does.

Larger, heavier, slower, more expensive, harder to use, and poorer in performance. That's basically why the modular DLSR premise will always fail.

It came, but none asked it to stay.

No tear was shed, when it went away.

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Jim Carney said:

Dave Luttmann said:

Ugly....and $9000 USD. I don't think that idea is going to catch on.
Interesting though!

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I think it is discontinued! I don't even know if Horseman still exists.
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Horseman still exists. They are an superb make of 4x5 and larger cameras....or what I refer to as "Real man's cameras." ;-)

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Jim Carney:

Thanks, for the link:

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Jim Carney said:

Japanese planned obsolescence really is daunting, new cameras coming
along every 12 months...so a solution has arrived!

http://www.phootos.com/orphanFrame.htm?http://www.phootos.com/digiflex2.htm
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This camera reminds me of a pair of ugly and expensive shoes I saw when I was a kid. I asked some adults back then why anybody would buy that pair of ugly looking shoes. Their reply was that it is built to last. Imagine, an ugly pair of shoes that will last a long time so you can presumably get to keep wearing it! LOL

Jim Carney said:

Japanese planned obsolescence really is daunting, new cameras coming
along every 12 months...so a solution has arrived!

http://www.phootos.com/orphanFrame.htm?http://www.phootos.com/digiflex2.htm
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Anastigmat said:

This camera reminds me of a pair of ugly and expensive shoes I saw
when I was a kid.

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Heh...it actually reminds me of the Sinar M.

RRJackson said:

Anastigmat said:

This camera reminds me of a pair of ugly and expensive shoes I saw
when I was a kid.

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Heh...it actually reminds me of the Sinar M.

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It strike me that most MF cameras do the same things, anyway, with much better specs (which you would expect after nearly a decade).

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Thanks for posting the articel - that's good to know.

I suppose people just want the best, but simply fail to accept the fact that to be wanting the best, they need to pay for it.

Modulized system, hey they should take a look at Rollei 3003, its been done, but its just proof of how hard it can be and how costly it can be ..

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