Finding CCD chips

Hello everybody...I am new to the forum and have a quick question. I am considering building an Audine or Cookbook CCD imager. I can get a KAF-0402 E/ME for $290. Question is, is it possible to get a ccd sensor from a digital camera and use that? For example, I can get a used camera like a DCS 200 or DCS 410/420 which has a KAF-1600 in it for about the same price as a new 402E. Is this possible to do? Just curious....seems a cheaper way to go about getting ccd sensors....thanks for any input!

Jim

Jim:

I don't know for sure but as an old electronics engineer I would expect that the CCD is already melded into a substrate board. I doubt if you'll find one that's plugged into a socket. I could be wrong on this but with all the bumps that a camera gets I doubt if they would socket the CCD.

If that's the case getting the CCD away from the board and making it useful is highly doubtful. I know I wouldn't try it if I had any investment in it.

Darrell