Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/22

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Subject: [Leica] Re; 24x24mm film size
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 10:32:48 -0500
References: <8D1730B3CBA92A9-22E0-FFC0@webmail-vm057.sysops.aol.com> <00a201cfa4f6$9164b4c0$b42e1e40$@verizon.net> <CAH1UNJ1jz4iC-=z7ytUq9-8216Kxc-AMzUnKwSG7bHmB_8wcQg@mail.gmail.com> <CAFfkXxuBEi51JS1=W=1hd=7ya1x2c2TPVOW=9N8guZ5SYs6dXQ@mail.gmail.com> <53CD9BB0.6090104@summaventures.com> <F11ED66E-0BC7-4279-97BE-8030E726A489@sfr.fr>

Looks like they could program a digital camera to shoot any shape you
want.  Some of the Panasonics have a couple choices.


On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 4:00 AM, Philippe <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote:

> yup, but native square format makes a difference - better than cropping
> IMHO for distortion and psychological reasons ...
>
> Ph
>
> Le 22 juil. 2014 ? 01:01, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> a 
> ?crit :
>
> > Sonny,
> >
> > I agree. People just assume that you will crop it square in the light
> room, or
> > even Lightroom.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > On 21/07/2014 20:52, Sonny Carter wrote:
> >> Um.   If you've ever taken a look at any of my stuff, I rarely pay much
> >> attention to the camera's format.
> >>
> >> Especially if the display will be on the web, I crop to suit the
> picture I
> >> see in the image.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <
> jayanand at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> The Nikon FX DSLRs can be programmed to give, not a square (30x30),
> >>> but a 5:4 (30x24) output - in the case of the D800/800E/810 there will
> >>> be roughly 30 megapixels (6144x4912 pixels) left after the in-camera
> >>> crop...Don't know about other makes, though.
> >>> Cheers
> >>> Jayanand
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Sonny
> >> http://sonc.com/look/
> >> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> >> 1714
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> >>
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> > Dr Peter Dzwig
> >
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA