----- 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
