Re: BESO: It’s hip to be square

2012-02-21 Thread steve harley
on 2012-02-20 11:56 David J Brooks wrote Wonder if there is a Yashica-Mat app out there.:-) not by that name (on iOS at least), but there are many that will take square photos, some that will _only_ take square photos, and at least one that takes only squares or circles -- PDML Pentax-Discu

Re: BESO: It’s hip to be square

2012-02-20 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
-- From: "P. J. Alling" Sent: February 20, 2012 2/20/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: BESO: It’s hip to be square I have mixed feelings about Mike Johnston. If he likes something I almost feel that there must be something wrong if I like it. He's no *Kennyb

Re: BESO: It’s hip to be square

2012-02-20 Thread P. J. Alling
I can hear that being said in a whiny 15 year old voice... On 2/20/2012 1:56 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Wonder if there is a Yashica-Mat app out there.:-) Dave On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Tim Bray wrote: I like square photographs: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/02/17/Square

Re: BESO: It’s hip to be square

2012-02-20 Thread P. J. Alling
I have mixed feelings about Mike Johnston. If he likes something I almost feel that there must be something wrong if I like it. He's no *Kennyboy, but then again who is. *A point in his favor. On 2/20/2012 12:42 PM, Tim Bray wrote: I like square photographs: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/Wh

Re: BESO: It’s hip to be square

2012-02-20 Thread Tim Bray
BESO: "Blog every so often". Used on those occasions when I think the words in between the pictures might be of PDML interest. -T On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 3:40 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Just before I get started, what's a BESO? > > Okay, now square. I generally like it; in fact many of

RE: BESO: It’s hip to be square

2012-02-20 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Just before I get started, what's a BESO? Okay, now square. I generally like it; in fact many of you might have noticed that I have posted square cropped digital photos along with a few square film scans taken with my Yashica Mat. That being said, if I choose square for digital it's simply beca

Re: BESO: It’s hip to be square

2012-02-20 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 20, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Tim Bray wrote: > I like square photographs: > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/02/17/Square-Cameras If the lenses are the cost limiting link in the chain, a square sensor will optimize for getting the best performance for your dollar. If the sensor is t

Re: BESO: It’s hip to be square

2012-02-20 Thread David J Brooks
Wonder if there is a Yashica-Mat app out there.:-) Dave On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Tim Bray wrote: > I like square photographs: > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/02/17/Square-Cameras > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml

Re: BESO: It’s hip to be square

2012-02-20 Thread Darren Addy
I like square photographs also, but I would argue that they were originally a "form follows function" result of the twin-lens design of cameras such as the Rolleiflex/Rolleicords and the common psuedo-TLR camera production of cameras such as the Kodak Duaflex, Ansco Rediflex, etc. If you put the vi