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Originally Posted by Camelopardalis
The question on everyone's lips is... will you be offering a conversion service?  |
I doubt it, the Konica Minolta 7D internals are different from the Canons. I chose to use it because it is expendable and the stainless back and internal layout presented an option. If I can get it working though I will investigate one of the Canon models if I can find another cheap buy somewhere. The 450D I bought previously was a bargain at $70 due to a fault ( lens focus connection issues) which didn't bother me obviously but most have been going at the well over $300 mark.
10D, 20D, 350D etc seem a lot cheaper but still significant $$ and may not be similar to useful models with Live View which was the appeal of the 450D plus 12.2 megapixel of course.
If I can find another 450D or better still 1100D\1200D then I'll open up the 450D and take a look. I have quite a bit of copper accumulated from scrapped PC's\Servers at work. It's a slow process though, there is quite a bit of work involved. I've milled some of the copper island off to reduce weight and povide a flat TEC mount option but it's a small mill so small bites.
If anyone's got a suitable model they are willing to donate or provide at reasonable cost ..
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I'll take a look at the 450D IR mod instructions again to get a better idea of feasibilty. Basically at present I don't want to lose my 450D as it's too useful as it is.