Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd buy a square digital too! Kodak did make a digital back for medium format cameras that had a square sensor, but the sensor was a lot smaller than a 6x6 frame, so there was a 'crop factor' on it. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 7/21/14 5:26 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: >If they made a 24x24mm format 35mm camera who knows how much more film >would >have been shot? >Why not make a square format digital camera? Or one with that format in >the >options? I'd buy one! >Its great to never have to turn your camera on its side. > > >On 7/21/14 5:17 AM, "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> >wrote: > >> Thanks, Richard. I am still shooting the Mamiya 6! I used it with the >>50mm >> lens and Ilford Delta 3200 film at EI-1600 for this photo. That let me >> handhold the shot; it was early evening and this is in the shade because >> of the trees. The exposure was 1/30 at f11. >> >> The Mamiya 6 is wonderful. I have always loved 6x6; the square format >> works for my work well (though I did crop this photo a bit on the >>sides), >> but other 6x6 cameras I have used were not really handholdable. I had a >> Mamiya C330f when I was younger, and shot my art school graduation >>project >> on it: >> >> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-results.php?category=60 >> >> Loved the image quality, and the fact that the camera and lenses were >> inexpensive, but it was too heavy for me to hold, and using it on a >>tripod >> was a pain because of the waist level finder (I know they made a prism, >> but I didn't have one...was a poor student then). I had to sell it after >> college because I needed money. Later, I was able to get a Hasselblad. >> Same problems, except I did have a prism for it, but the lenses were >>very >> heavy. Sold it and got the Mamiya 6 a year and a half ago. >> >> Wish I'd just begun with the Mamiya 6, it is perfect. I had not shot a >> single frame of 35mm film since getting it, until last week when I shot >>a >> roll to use for a developing demonstration for someone who paid me to >> teach her to develop film. The student (who is actually a high school >>art >> teacher) shoots only 35, so I used it for my lesson. > > > > >-- >Mark William Rabiner >Photographer >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information