Digital back for Nikon F4

[clive francis]

Marvintpa once bubbled...
If they are talking about ANYONE having 14 MP capability "a few years ago" I'd suggest someone is/was pulling your leg. That capacity only became available in the past few months, and only on a single camera (surprisingly, a Kodak branded camera).

There was an invention called DIGITAL FILM which was supposed to be like a film can with a firm "leader" coming out of it, that could pop into some cameras, but it had battery problems and has never made it to market.

I have a couple of F4's and would love a digital back... but have never heard of one that had near that capacity.

they have been around longer than a few months and 22 megapixels is the highest capacity i have read about and that was a digital back for medium format camera.

all you have to do is read the digital camera mags

plus they have good tips on editing etc.

 

[blacknet]

Hello,

Yes there's many digital backs on the market. I am not aware of any for the nikon F4.

Ed

 

[TKJ365]

I have a Nikon F4 cammera. I was told a few years ago that someone made a digital back for it. I believe they stated that it had the capability of 14 million pixels. (Yes, 14 million, not 1.4.)

Who makes it?
Where can I get it?
How much?

You can't. I suspect what you are talking about is the Nikon F4 "Based" NASA Digital Camera. It was an F4 body that was modified to be a full digital camera. It was used on the Space Shuttle for a Long time. You may be able to find one on Ebay, but it would probably be at a killer price tag.

 

[scubastingray]

You can't. I suspect what you are talking about is the Nikon F4 "Based" NASA Digital Camera. It was an F4 body that was modified to be a full digital camera. It was used on the Space Shuttle for a Long time. You may be able to find one on Ebay, but it would probably be at a killer price tag.

What a first post.
This thread is over 10 years old!

 

[Curtis C]

Nikon patented it:

Nikon patents a digital back for 35mm film SLR cameras | Nikon Rumors

Kodak made one. Nothing modern that I am aware of. I love my F4, but I have enough digital camera's. I still like shooting slides, and developing my own black and white in my own dark room.

Not my actual first post lol, as I lost my old password and no longer had the email address associated to it. I just didn't read dates!