Author Topic: RE 35mm Digital Cartridge to make 35mm cameras a digital ..... Real or Fake? (Read 2480 times)

Em5 Pete · « **on:** April 03, 2011, 10:54:31 AM »

Real or Fake

(I wish it was real, but.... it is a 10 year old idea. Did today's advances allow this to mature?

Use your 35mm camera for Digital Photography with this new accessory!

RE-35 cartridge with a flexible sensor in 4, 8, and 12 mp sizes

RE 35 Digital Film Cartridge web site

Hoax or real??

Was the 10 year old idea finely realized with current technologically?

Interesting thread over at Rff....

RFF thread with more links and info

adash · « **Reply #1 on:** April 03, 2011, 11:09:03 AM »

That made me think. We have flexible organic semiconductors now, don't we?

javarob75 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 03, 2011, 04:59:48 PM »

While I question the authenticity of this site, the opportunities this would open would be incredible. I can't stop thinking of all the film cameras I have used, and how I've wished that they could all be converted to digital...

cosinaphile · « **Reply #3 on:** April 03, 2011, 08:41:49 PM »

i believew this to be completely real , but still at the vaporware stage , if this design company can overcome the design hurdles and production development then it really could happen

i have long imagined this exact device , i believe it to be as inevitable as powered flight or food preservation

they are a real company from what i can tell

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.roggeundpott.de/&ei=ekqZTe7qDc_dgQet8b23CA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDAQ7gEwAg&prev=/search%3Fq%3DRogge%2B%2526%2BPott%2BGbR%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7TSNA_enUS395US395%26prmd%3Divns

cosinaphile · « **Reply #4 on:** April 03, 2011, 09:02:46 PM »

now im reading around the internt it an april fools joke

not funny if thats the case

javarob75 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 04, 2011, 02:47:39 PM »

Quote from: cosinaphile on April 03, 2011, 09:02:46 PM

now im reading around the internt it an april fools joke

not funny if thats the case

agreed

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #6 on:** April 04, 2011, 03:02:52 PM »

Well, the "Contact" link is the only working link...
So, I asked how to be a dealer

I'll get back with any feedback I get..... I hope I do

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #7 on:** April 05, 2011, 09:31:44 AM »

A copy of the letter I received today:

Thank you for your enquiry about Re35.

Some good news:
The feedback to our "product" has truly been overwhelming. It seems Re-35 really addresses a need and people worldwide can‚t seem to wait to get their hands on our "product".

The bad news:
Some things are to good to be true!
Re35 does not really exist. We (the design company Rogge & Pott) created Re35 as an exercise in identity-design. We invented the "product" because it was something, that we had wished for for a long time (as many others).
We launched the website and sent out "press releases" on April first - thinking, that the date would make clear, that Re35 is just wishful thinking - a classic April Fools Prank!

However:
All this attention Re35 ist getting might actually be good for something. It proves, that there is a gigantic community of photographers with analog equipment out there that is desperately waiting for a product like this to come along.

We hope there are no hard feelings
and that you are not too disappointed.

Cheers from Germany.
Henning Rogge

WOW, a Ten year on gong April Fools Joke: Well Done Henning Rogge

adash · « **Reply #8 on:** April 05, 2011, 10:56:53 AM »

So now we are clear....but I am still dreaming of a digital Zorki.....anyone wish to take a deep breath and design this thing?

cosinaphile · « **Reply #9 on:** April 05, 2011, 06:30:40 PM »

henning rogue, im crying not laughing......... this one was just a little too close to my heart

Thomas Crown · « **Reply #10 on:** **Yesterday** at 10:03:13 AM »

My old Nikon FM2 is shaking in it´s box.... Its Alive!

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #11 on:** **Yesterday** at 10:09:15 AM »

Wow, still alive,

My Black FE/24mm AiS sits nicely next to my E-M5

adash · « **Reply #12 on:** **Yesterday** at 11:09:57 AM »

If one succeeds in making a flexible sensor, then it wouldn't be a problem to make it in <any> size too.....

Centauri27 · « **Reply #13 on:** **Yesterday** at 01:22:10 PM »

Nice fake--and perfect April Fool's joke. Maybe one day...I can't see this outside of the realm of possibility. It's certainly no more implausible sounding as making a camera that can capture all focus points in one image...

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #14 on:** **Yesterday** at 01:53:39 PM »

Quote from: Centauri27 on Yesterday at 01:22:10 PM

Nice fake--and perfect April Fool's joke. Maybe one day...I can't see this outside of the realm of possibility. It's certainly no more implausible sounding as making a camera that can capture all focus points in one image...

Right ??

RE 35mm Digital Cartridge to make 35mm cameras a digital ..... Real or Fake?