The first low-cost digital back for your 35mm camera. For those who always wanted to have a "hybrid" camera working with photographic films or in digital mode.

Use your old analog camera, which probably is lost somewhere inside a box or ended-up in your small "personal museum" taking a lot of dust! We're now in the digital era and are ready to give a second life to it with the only low-cost digital back available on the market!

Four years have passed since the first prototype of I'm Back®35 was realized through a simple 3D printer. Many believed in this project and supported us since the beginning. And thanks to all our backers I'm Back®35 became true. It's also thanks to the massive feedback from our supporter and together with hard work that I'm Back®35 is evolving and improved significantly since the first version.

We now are proud to present to you the new "I'm Back®35" edition, which brings with it great changes and not only a completely new design, inspired by the old "motor drivers" but a revised and modern shape. 

The main innovation nevertheless, is the software, that gives now the possibility to take photos with the MANUAL mode, leaving the user full control of the shutter speed and the diaphragm aperture of the camera. I'm Back®35 will then record the images as it was set through the analog camera! 

"The only digital back that pairs with analog cameras. In manual or automatic mode, it gives a shot to their desire for fantasy! Set photos or videos, I'm Back®35 records everything as you decide. You can also afford erroneous exposure ... or not! 

With his new "universal cover " I'm Back®35 pairs with almost all the most famous analog cameras. 

New technology. New and more ergonomic design. New battery with high performance. I'm Back®35. Because the pleasure of photography has no age."

 Available dedicated back covers: 

The dedicated back covers allow better and more hermetic fitting of your analog camera to the I'm Back®35 device. This may improve your user experience and fun.  

Dedicated back covers are available for the following brands and models:

• a) Canon A/A1/AE1/F1/FT/FTB/EOS300,  
• b) Contax II/RTS/G1/G2, 
• c) Diana F/F mini, 
• d) Leica M1/M2/M3/M4/M6/M7/Leicaflex SL/R4/R5/R6, 
• e) Minolta Dinaxx 7000i/Maxxum 7000/SRT/XD, 
• f) Nikon EM/F/FA/FE/FE2/FG/FM/FM2/FM3a/F2/F3 ,F4/F70/F90x/F100/S2/S3/Nikkormat FTN/EL/, 
• g) Olympus OM1/OM2/OM3/OM4/OM10, 
• h) Pentax ME/ME super/K1000/Spotomatic, 
• i) Praktica b200/MTL, 
• j) Ricoh KR10, 
• k) Yashica JP/FX3.

The above camera models fit also to the Universal Cover.

If your camera is not in the above list, it should be compatible with the Universal Cover that is already included in the I'm Back®35 box, if:

1- the back of your analog camera is detachable without damaging it;

2- your camera has a standard tripod screw hole on the bottom.

Example of Universal Cover compatible models;
Leica M5, Canon FTb ,  T70, Nikon F-501, Minolta i-9000, Praktica B-100, Praktica MTL-3, Contax, Leica RE, Yashica FR. Canon t70, Canon t90, Contax 139Q, Canon EOS 1000F, Contax Aria,  Minolta XGM & X700, Yashica electro 35, NIKON F-601, Nikon NF-505, Yashica 109, Minolta XG-Ms, Nikon F-301, Voigtlander-Cosina, Bessa R, Minolta Maxxum 450si, Minolta XG 9,  Nikon F65, Minolta X300, nikon f80, Minolta X-370
And much more...

Is my camera compatible with I'm Back?

You can use I'm Back with most cameras.
The only ones that are not compatible are:

• Those without a hole for the tripod, (Contax II for example - For this camera model we drawing a dedicated cover), for others not.
• Electronic cables that prevent the removal of the back cover, (Canon Eos 5 for example),
•  Have the film loader not like most, on the top of the camera but at the bottom 
• Has a large battery grip on the bottom that cannot be removed (Nikon F5, F6 for example)

If your camera (or cameras) has one of the listed features, it is not compatible with the universal I'm back adapter, but you need a dedicated cover, such as the Contax II which when you remove the cover, removes the hole tripod together. On the other hand, if your camera is a normal srl or a viewfinder, then it is compatible, regardless of what brand it is.

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• MANUAL setting - You frame and choose at what speed to shoot and as well the diaphragm aperture, your camera exposes and I'm Back®35 records.
• New design - leaner and more ergonomic
• New PCBA, exclusively designed for I'm Back®35
• New software to control the MANUAL exposure function.
• output files: RAW and JPEG  
• New battery with higher performance and durability - i.e. NP F550 / F570
• New universal cover with aluminum support - You can fit it to 99% of all 35mm analog cameras available on the market in a simple and fast way.

Dedicated back covers are also available and allow better and more hermetic fitting of your analogue camera to the I'M BACK®35 device. Detailed information of the dedicated back covers are listed in the section: "Compatible Cameras" above.

 I'm Back®35 manual mode - You choose the speed and the diaphragm aperture as you like, and enjoy your camera as if you were using an analog film roll. I'm Back®35 records the result, good or bad, it depends upon you! 

 i'm Back®35 - Technical Specifications 

• Image Sensor: SONY IMX206 (16Mpixels)
• Photo resolution: 16M/14M/10M/8M/other
• Photo format: JPEG and COLOR RAW
• LCD: 2.0 inch
• WiFi - for connecting your smartphone
• Display: 240*RGB*320 LCD
• Memory: Micro SD / Class 10 Max 128G
• Interface: Micro HDMI, USB C Type
• Power: Lithium Battery Pack (Sony F550 compatible)
• Video format: 4K 3840*2160/30FPS - 1920*1080P/60fps - 1280*720P/120fps
• Object Size: (I'm Back 35) 24x36mm as 135 film
• Exposure Control: Manual or Automatic Mode
• Color Balance: Fixed or Automatic mode
• ISO: 100 - 3600
• Lens Multi-elements precision lens
• Microphone/Speaker: Built-in
• System requirements: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows7, MAC OSX 10.3.6 and above

*subject to changes, quality nevertheless will be at least same or better

  You have full control of your camera. You can shoot now with your old analog as you always did and record the photos and videos digitally! With our new I'm Back®35 you decide the speed and aperture and you can use your machine's photometer to decide the exposition you want to have. Now it's up to you, you can even "make mistakes"as it used to happen in the past while using the manual mode.

You also can choose the "automatic mode" simply by switching your camera to B mode and selecting the diaphragm aperture, this remains possible as in the previous model. Finally you must focus the objective and click, waiting the three beeps to shoot the photo.

Remember that you can always print all photos, we suggest you to try the normal A4 format, the quality is impressive good.

Finally, I'm Back®35 uses a focusing screen, the images therefore are vintage, smooth and are not comparable to a standard digital photocamera, so the result will "resemble" something between analog and digital, or UNIQUE!

Photokina 2018

Our project has been awarded by Cinema 5D together with Fujifilm and Panasonic as one of the most innovative projects. 

I'm Back®35 awarded 2nd place at Boldbrain Startup Challenge - Switzerland 2018

Use you I'm Back®35 and realize beautiful vintage photos and videos.

Zenith 122 and Helios 58mm f2 with I'm Back®35

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Directed by Gaetano Acunzo

First Assistant: Rossella Silvestri

Model: Pia Francesca Caso

Pentax ME super 50mm f1.8 with I'm Back®35 

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Video by Samuel mello Medeiros

Model: Geisa Navarro

Olympus OM2 50mm f1.4 with I'm Back®35 

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Video by Samuel Mello Medeiros

Model: Mia - My wife's cat. 

Hasselblad 500cm Planar 80mm 2.8 with. I'm Back®35 

Piano: Monica Korber

Video by Samuel Mello Medeiros

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Today I'm Back GmbH has its headquarter at CP-Statup in via Carlo Maderno 24 - Lugano Switzerland. After the big surprise and award at Photokina 2018, in which Cinema 5d awarded us together with great names of the photography such as Panassonic and Fujifilm, we were awarded as the second most innovative, among 200 Swiss Startups. We are now present in Europe and America and specifically in USA - New York through our distributors ADORAMA and B&H Photo. Our main costumers are from Japan, United States, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, UK and other nordic countries.

We are proud to say that the R&D, product development and logistic management is done in Switzerland and Italy. The industrialization and engineering of the mechanic and electronic parts, including injection molding is performed by a core-tier 1 company that has clients such as: Apple, Ford, Audi, Huawei among others. 

Switzerland team

Brazilian by birth, Portuguese by right and Italian by passion!

Son of a Japanese father and an Italian mother, he was born in Brazil, grown-up in Germany, and ended-up living in Switzerland.