Hmmm, what we need is a clever camera manufacturer to produce a 35mm camera with a 24X30 frame. No waisted negative area when printing on 8X10. And, what we need is a paper manufacturer to market 8X8, 10X10,..... paper. <g>
Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "P�l Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 7:52 AM Subject: Re: 6x6 - Waste of Space? (WAS: Re: Medium Format-Which one isbest?) Mike wrote: > This doesn't really translate to the market. The original Mamiya 6x7 was the > RB, which stood for "Rotating Back." The whole point of the feature was so > that studio photographers would not have to remount the camera on their > camera stands to change the picture orientation--and the reason _that_ was > important was that it was one of the basic objections pros had to the 6x7 > format. Sure but that wasn't the point. The above is provided you want to use the 6X7 format. If the same studio photographers didn't want to use a format larger than 6X6 the feature would be pointless. P�l
