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Subject: RE: [Leica] square format Leica?
From: "Kit McChesney | acmefoto" <kitmc@acmefoto.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 22:14:55 -0700

Austin--

Methinks it's not about saving film. It's about what you're seeing when you
look through the Hasselblad's viewfinder. I can understand, too, because I
have never been too comfy with my Hasselblad. I find that square format very
unsettling. Too neutral for me.

Personally, I doubt if saving film is a biggie, anyway. I mean, really! ;-)

K.

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Austin
Franklin
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 8:35 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] square format Leica?


Hi Kit,

I can see having a screen mask, but there is just no purpose, at least for
me, for the film masks.  It isn't like you're saving any film!

What I did was bought a screen that had lines horizontally and vertically
that has 645 crop marks.  No fuss, no muss.  Obviously, both horizontal and
vertical 645 without having to move a film mask around, or tilt the camera.
No inserts to put in and remove.

Austin


> Yes, Hasselblad makes two different pieces that will allow you to
> turn your
> 2 1/4 sq. into 6x4.5 or 6x3 cm formats. Comes as a set (41151)
> that includes
> both items, as well as corresponding focusing screen masks. You
> can also get
> the focusing screen masks as a separate item (42146). Pretty cool!
>
> K.

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