On 3/4/2024 3:53 AM, Bob W PDML wrote:
On 3 Mar 2024, at 17:45, Ralf R Radermacher<p...@uebra.de> wrote:
Am 03.03.24 um 18:29 schrieb Bill:
I was quite surprised that it is a vertical half frame, but the logic behind
that decision is that a vertical format is what the target market is already
comfortable with.
Making it a horizontal half frame would mean transporting the film from top to
bottom and a very odd shape of the camera.
[…]
Actually it would be the same shape but in a different orientation. I’m not a
mechanical engineer so I might be completely wrong, but if you put the film
advance on the new top of the camera it would perhaps need only one more gear
to deal with the change of orientation. The rewind crank doesn’t need to be on
the new top.
Making the camera square would do away with that. In fact using a square
negative 24x24 would give you 54 frames per roll.
A lot of people now like to see the sprocket holes in the picture, postmodernly
drawing attention to it being film, so making the frame mask switchable might
be an interesting option.
In the video he talks about using zone focusing on the camera. I wonder if he
means click-stops on the focus ring, or perhaps on a dial, with symbols for the
type of shot, eg headshot, head and shoulders, cowboy, full-length, group/wide
shot, landscape etc. That could also be used to determine the exposure settings
in conjunction with the orientation of the camera, favouring a larger aperture
for closer portraits to increase background blur, and a smaller aperture for
wider shots using the hyperfocal distance to give the greatest depth of field.
The problem with square format in this case is that it's a bastard sized
negative that won't be scan-able or printable in conventional labs. For
the format to work it needs to be a 35mm format that has been in use.
Even half frame is going to be a problem because of how few labs are
equipped for it, but at least half frame masks can be had.
bill
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