On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Mark Roberts <msrobert...@ysu.edu> wrote: > William Robb wrote: >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" >> >>> Hasn't even Hasselblad dropped square format? >> >> No. > > I meant with regard to digital. In film there's little cost increase > associated with square format (because the camera maker doesn't have to > provide the "sensor") so it's not surprising they've kept their > square-format film cameras. > > The ratio of sensor-cost-to-practical-advantage is why we aren't going to > see a DSLR with a square sensor. >
Hassy even makes a square-format digital back, the CFi back. It's probably their most popular back (being both the cheapest and the only one that isn't entirely vendor-locked to the H3D series bodies) -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
