If you don't want to apply tape to your sensor (yikes!), you can simply create an import preset that automatically crops 1:1.
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 12/9/2011 3:38 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >> >> I hope to get a Diana Mini soon. It shoots a square format. And I think >> they are fun. And I like fun. You know, it would be really cool if we had >> that option in the K5--some shooting option of some sort. I have no idea how >> the camera might be technically configured to do such a thing, but I'd be >> kind of cool if we could have that option. Cheers, Christine. > > > If you want to shoot in square format with your K-5, there's always 1:1 crop > in lightroom. I suppose you could also put the camera in "clean sensor" > mode to get the mirror and shutter out of the way and put some electrical > tape on the edges of the sensor, and crop the image in hardware. > > >> >> >> >> On Dec 9, 2011, at 7:14 AM, Steven Desjardins<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Also, I think the renewal of this is somewhat related to the >>> lomography movement: >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomography >>> >>> I remember reading when the Q first came out that some thought that >>> the Q was the high end camera for the lomogrpahy types. >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Steven Desjardins<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> It's like impressionism. It's really popular for a while, and then >>>> it's still fine as long as everyone doesn't do it. >>>> >>>> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 2:51 AM, AlunFoto<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'd blame the smartphones and their cheap "image improvement" apps, if >>>>> anything. But not even Fuji Velvia can call dibs on saturated colours, I >>>>> think. >>>>> >>>>> I've noticed the same trend. Since a couple of weeks ago I've submitted >>>>> and voted on photos at Panoramio, and you wouldn't believe the... Hmmm... >>>>> Diversity of photos submitted there. After a few rounds I have to vote at >>>>> PPG just to rest my eyes for a while. >>>>> But that said, it seems to be a trend with more than the general >>>>> public. Last night I stopped at the NatGeo website, and browsed a set of >>>>> photos from a cave system in Vietnam that had actually made it into their >>>>> printed mag. The reds and greens were all over the place. >>>>> And I'm a sucker for colour power myself... :-) >>>>> >>>>> Jostein >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Steve Desjardins >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Steve Desjardins >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] (from dos4est) > > -- > 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. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- 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.
