Original Message: ----------------- From: P�l Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 21:29:19 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 6x6 - Waste of Space? (WAS: Re: Medium Format-Which one is best?)
>That has really not much to do with it. The new Hasselblad is not a 6X6 >camera because thats not where the money is. If the majority of Hasseblad >users, and not to forget potential users, wannted the square format, all >Hassel need to do is to carve a square shutter opening on the new H1. The >lenses covers the same image circle. 6X6 is format destined to die with >film. Do you have a predicted time frame for this death? Is it similar to the death that film will have once it is overtaken by digital? (as so many have also predicted) >In digital the need for stndardisation is paramount in order to achieve >effective sensor production. Nobody can afford to make sensors for weird >formats; particularly when in 90% of the cases the image will be cropped >down to a format that fit "standard" sensors. It doesn't make sense. Just out of curiosity, why haven't we seen a decent amount of Pentax 645 digital sensors? There are a number of digital sensors and backs made for the 6x6 format - also for the 645 format - it seems that what you're saying is that in order to standardize for effective sensor production that there should only be one or the other format. If this is the case, and we know that there are a lot of 35mm digital SLRS available currently (and maybe even Pentax will produce one in the near future) then why isn't the "standard" the 35mm sensor? Why even bother with Medium Format sensors? >In spite of what been stated before in this thread, the overwhelming sucess >of the latest AF medium format cameras has eroded the sales of Hasselblad >and the like more than anything else. Whereas the likes of Pentax and >Contax breaks sales records Hasselblad sales are down up to 60%. Most have >figured out that they crop 6X6 down to 6X4,5 anyway and that the new >features are worth turing the camera for verticals for. > > >P�l With respect to sales records - wouldn't happen to be the fact that Pentax 645 (I'm not talking the 6x7) or Contax is what people "wading" into MF are looking at is it? The 6x4.5 format is what I first tried when going into MF. Guess what, I hated it. So what did I do? I sold my Pentax 645N on the used market. Since we are talking sales - have you also investigated how many Pentax and Contax AF 645 cameras show up on the used market vs Hasselblads? Probably at least as many I would gather but I have no stats to back it up. Just as you have no stats to back up your current claims. I'm not so sure why you can't just accept the fact that there can be more than one MF size - why you feel that 6x6 has to die - why you feel that everyone wants to enjoy rotating their cameras to go from landscape to portrait. Curious, Dave -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
