The real advantage of 6x6 is doing in doing photos for CD inserts. I almost said record jackets, but that would be showing my age.
But, the real problem with 6x6 is croppophobia (fear of cropping). Many of us males born in the 40's and early 50's have it. I comes from subliminal memories of being circumcized as and infant. Often it has been passed on from father to son to grandson, but most of the younger folk who suffer from croppophobia do so because they have never had anything but postage stamp sized negatives to work with and are afraid their image will be degraded if they resort to it. It has been proven that with effort the older form of croppophobia can be compensated for. The fear of presenting a bad image is harder to overcome. Strangely those suffering from the latter aberation can not bring themselves to crop even 8x10 negatives, but insist upon contact printing thus exposing their entire negative image. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 8:19 AM Subject: Re: Medium Format-Which one is best? > "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Pål wrote: > >> I didn't dismiss 6X6. I said it was a waste of space. It is. > >> Either you crop the film or you crop the paper. Hence, a waste. > >> Even Hasselblad are about to abandon the 6X6 format. > >> > >actually the 6X6 format is the MOST efficient medium format > >as it uses the highest percentage of the image circle formed > >by the lens. The trick is to compose for square. I seriously > >doubt Hassy is going to abandon 6X6 anytime soon. > > I think Pål's point was that, if you print rectangular prints (as most > people do 99% of the time), then it's a waste in the end. The camera isn't > really being efficient if the end result doesn't take advantage of it. I > sometimes compose for square shots even when I'm shooting 35mm or 645, which > is really inefficient in itself, but it's so rare for me it's no problem. > > The real advantage of 6x6 medium format like Hasselblad is in studio work on > a tripod, where you can compose for either horizontal or vertical shots > without rotating the camera 90 degrees. > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com >
