Turning a Sony PnS into a Leica copy

[keytarjunkie]

I just came across an interesting web-page. Someone hacked apart a Leica copy (is it a Zorki? I know nothing about these things) and put the components of a Sony point-and-shoot inside. I have come across a few camera hackjobs before, but none this extreme (and yet clean). I'd imagine the digital parts would be obsolete by the time you finished the project :D but they made a video and took some photos of the construction, it looks interesting.

http://www.bea.hi-ho.ne.jp/bokuto/kosaku/digibarna2/

Here's a photo (obviously not mine)
http://www.bea.hi-ho.ne.jp/bokuto/kosaku/digibarna2/32.jpg

[btgc]

This camera could be used by German air force officers from secret UFO division during expeditions under Antarctic. Assuming they had such innovations, digital camera would be casual thing.

[Ezzie]

Its a nice piece of work, but has been discussed here previously.

[Paolo Bonello]

I seriously admire the ingenuity and determination it took to graft the two cameras together with such precision but I'm a little confused by the point of his endeavour.

I guess it comes down to the old saying, "Why does a dog lick his balls?" .........

[will-i_am]

I saw this on youtube ages ago but it was good to see again. super cool camera and well made i love that their are people in the world that do things like this just for the fun of it.

[greyelm]

In their next project they made this from an M3


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