...one thing we agree for sure - that line feed from next dimension has
returned.
While we get the more of the image circle area with a square cut, we
also get the less possible one-way coverage... meaning less elbow room
in family pics and more auntie legs - and carpet, and ceiling...
Personal taste - that's where the real discussion about square or
retangular formats lies. I used both formats while young, and like the
retangular a little more, for average situations. Personal taste. Square
types are welcome, as long as the content fits. One of my issues with
the hassel was the vertical waste on many of my photos with the 66 back.
Glad I had the 645 for those prints...
Rather than a possible but not probable square, I'd wonder about an
alternate APS size that would perhaps be covered by the current image
circle of the lenses. Maybe even with an extraterrorestrial algorithm to
correct the light fall-off in the corners. Maybe enough to push current
14mp to 16+ without breaking too many eggs.
LF (ok, just another wild theory)
William Robb escreveu:
----- Original Message -----
From: "JC OConnell"
Subject: RE: Square sensor, was Re: Pentax K7
SQUARE has two huge advantages:
1. No need to rotate camera for portrait orientation if using a cropped
retanglular subset of the square
2. More efficient usage of the lens image circle if and when the full
square image is used.
The key to making #1 advantage work is to have a specailly marked or
masked viewfinder/film-sensor-software gate
Regarding #2, with the small circle DA lenses, you could achieve higher
overall image resolution with the full square format
because you would be recording more of the image circle.
There are cons of course to square format, biggest of which is you end
up with a larger heavier camera than
you need if you never use the full square format.
Most of the old pro boys that I know cut their teeth with square format
cameras, either Hassies or Rollieflexes.
Generally, they say that once you learn how to take advantage of the square
format, there is just no going back to rectangular prints.
Now, to be fair, these guys are all portraitists, but a couple of them are
award winning landscape photographers using the square format.
I actually quite like the square format.
I have an easier time composing on the 4x5 and 6x7 than 2:3 cameras, I think
in part because the format is closer to square.
We're back to carriage return hell, BTW.
William Robb
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