Nice thing about a square format is you don't have to worry about mounting the camera horizontal or vertical because you wish you had a larger format. You just shoot and crop a little. A shot using a 6x6 format means you don't have to go through the potential contortions you might need shooting a 6x4.5. Kent Gittings
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 11:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Square Format Paul Stenquist asked: > Everyone think real hard. Out of yur best 100 all-time photographs, how > many have you cropped to a square? What proportion of paintings in the > Met are square? Enough said. #include <crop-vs-full-frame-thread> My understanding of square format shooting (caveat: I've not shot square) is that you expect to crop those square frames to some other shape. For someone willing to crop, square makes sense. (That being said, I'd prefer not to go square anyhow, but it's a matter of irrational personal preference, not an inherent problem with the format. Then again, I _do_ try to frame things "just so" in the viewfinder ... _occasionally_ I'll shoot wider with the intent to crop later; more often when I crop it's because I've changed my mind about how the shot should have been framed or someone else has convinced me.) The bit about not having to turn the camera for vertical format shots makes a lot of sense to me. -- Glenn - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
