The original Nikon FtN Photomic body and accessory family with the meter updated for modern batteries and sensing electornics so it would have the option of a true spot feature. Otherwise identical in every way to the original.
But that said, there is a joy to owning and rehabbing/maintaining older equipment. I have a bunch of Nikon mechanical film bodies that all work just fine that I love shooting with. My recently acquired Leica M2 is a joy to use (though the cost of glass is ghastly). My Leica IIIf puts a smile on my face every time I pick it up.
New isn't better. Sometimes, well traveled is (or at least that's what I tell myself ...)
500cm with C quality build.
or
A F-1n with an updated meter.
or a Leica Barnak, L39 with the M windows, like the G and an adapter for M lenses.
Only one of those is a 35mm SLR. It's a fantasy, you gotta follow the rules.
The only 135 i would consider is a panoramic rangefinder. Plenty of existing 135 cameras still alive
WideLux F7 or F8 would fill your desire.
I was thinking more like XPan
With today's automatic machining, newish sintering metals for precision molds, 3-D laser modeling, etc., could not a small production reimagined manufacturing line not get a "new" camera off and running, on a limited scale to feel out demand for proven analog cameras?
There are a slew of 3-D printed cameras out there, Not 35mm that I am aware of--and not copies of existing, complex designs. The investment is probably not worth the payoff, except as a hobby or passion. The latest from Gibellini DCG66. https://www.instagram.com/gibellinicamera/p/C2RwnBCIqaf/?ref=tablehopper.com&hl=af&img_index=1
There are a slew of 3-D printed cameras out there, Not 35mm that I am aware of--and not copies of existing, complex designs. The investment is probably not worth the payoff, except as a hobby or passion. The latest from Gibellini DCG66. https://www.instagram.com/gibellinicamera/p/C2RwnBCIqaf/?ref=tablehopper.com&hl=af&img_index=1
Sometimes in these "new film camera" threads, I feel compelled to say that the most practical route to a new film SLR would be for some company like Nikon to take much of a digital SLR body and build a film transport mechanism onto it. They already have the body, shutter, AF system, exposure, control interfaces, etc. It would be like reversing the way that the D100 body is a descendant/cousin of the N80/F80 body.
This is, from an engineering viewpoint, possible, but business viewpoint, an almost certain money-loser. But that's also not what many people want in a new film camera. They want a new mechanical F2 or similar, not something that looks like a DSLR. I get that, but the inflation-adjusted price of a new 1970s F2 would be around US $3000 in today's dollars, and that doesn't seem like a viable product either.
This thread is about what would you want in a dream project, which is perfectly fine. But it isn't reasonable to then wave hands and say that modern manufacturing should be able to manifest the dream into reality. Modern manufacturing makes things cheaper in part by replacing mechanical systems with electronic systems.
Sometimes in these "new film camera" threads, I feel compelled to say that the most practical route to a new film SLR would be for some company like Nikon to take much of a digital SLR body and build a film transport mechanism onto it. They already have the body, shutter, AF system, exposure, control interfaces, etc. It would be like reversing the way that the D100 body is a descendant/cousin of the N80/F80 body.
This is, from an engineering viewpoint, possible, but business viewpoint, an almost certain money-loser. But that's also not what many people want in a new film camera. They want a new mechanical F2 or similar, not something that looks like a DSLR. I get that, but the inflation-adjusted price of a new 1970s F2 would be around US $3000 in today's dollars, and that doesn't seem like a viable product either.
This thread is about what would you want in a dream project, which is perfectly fine. But it isn't reasonable to then wave hands and say that modern manufacturing should be able to manifest the dream into reality. Modern manufacturing makes things cheaper in part by replacing mechanical systems with electronic systems.
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