Don't throw out the old ollies. When there is enough demand I would
seriously consider doing replacement circuits for them if new ones ever
became unavailable. From what JohnH says, it sounds like they're not
needed yet, though.
Moose wrote:
> By then, digital sensors should be much more affordable and
> standardized. Then one could kill two birds with one design and make an
> OM-4 digital back with full control of the camera function as well,
> integrating camera and back. You could even have alternate choices for
> the function of the metering buttons!
>
> Moose
>
> Scott Gomez wrote:
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>>Exactly, Moose. Duplicating the board as it is would probably also
>>infringe something, somewhere. :-) So much better to "black box" it like
>>was done with IBM BIOS chips "way back when". As long as the inputs and
>>outputs match the function of the original Olympus board, the camera
>>won't know the difference.
>>
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