I think the talk about which back etc... might be wrong.
I think the canister inside transmits to an attachable kit below. If
this is the case, there is NO need to replace a back, and it will work
in any camera... Literally. Even out beloved OM.
If the system is that close, an inductive transmission would work. I
don't know about the rate of transmission, but it could work. The
battery would be in the canister, as well as the baseplate. When you
take a picture, the canister would have some sort of flash memory, store
it, and then take its time to transmit it to the base unit. This would
then be a "postview" digital system, meaning you can view what you just
took, but you can't preview it, just like most digital SLR's.
If it were me doing this, this is how it would be setup. Because the
baseplate would be just that, a baseplate, and you can put as much stuff
as you want to in it. Batteries would not be a problem, a small LCD is
not a problem, and CF2 cards is not a problem, Microdrives is not a
problem, none of these are a problem because you've eliminated the size
restrictions.
THIS is the smart way to do it. If they have any intelligence, and if
this thing has any hope of getting off the ground, then this is how they
would do it. The canister has Flash memory to store the picture just
long enough while it transmits to the base unit. The base unit does the
rest. Stores it on CF, lets you view it on the LCD, and is the main
powerpack.
RF can be used, but if it's this close, I _think_ induction transmission
can be used also. I'm not an EE so I am not 100ure.
But it would be like this; like the security cards that you swipe to get
into a building. There's a microchip in there, and when you bring it
close to an induction field, it will have enough juice to transmit,
based on the induction field that is induced. The system is fairly
intelligent if done this way, and so this is what I'm hoping...
Albert
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