[Clamchop]

I've daydreamt before of a device, sensor attached by thin film ribbon cable to a faux film canister holding the computery bits. A general fit solution to film camera conversion. But, sensor thickness and power source may be intractable problems.

Cool project!

[nine_k]

I even think this has been tried. The canister version is indeed unworkable, but changing the whole back part into a digital adapter was done multiple times.

See e.g. https://casualphotophile.com/2022/05/19/digi-swap-im-back-re...

[numpad0]

One of issues I read somewhere is that distance between film-patrone to imaging area is not standardized, and also what I figured is digital sensors needs spaces to the back of focal plane which film cameras cannot accomodate. This is apparent just from comparing digital continuations of film camera brands.