William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J and K Messervy" > Subject: Re: Pentax medium formats > > >> Am I right in assuming the 645 frame is 6cm x 4.5 cm while the 67 is 6 >> cm x >> 7 cm? That makes the 645 nearly square. Is the 645 inferior due to >> its >> size? I'm mainly thinking of landscape shots. > > 6x7 is closer to square than 645. > When proofing, we printed 6x7 to a 4x5 inch print with little cropping, > 6x4.5 is a 2:3 aspect, and so prints to a more familiar 4x6. > Other than my own prediliction about negative orientation in the > enlarger, no, 645 is fine. I expect that with modern films and > reasonable print size expectations, the two formats will be pretty close > to indistinguishable in print. > > William Robb > >
Last I checked, 645 was 4:3 aspect, it's halfframe 6x9, which is 2:3. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
