Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc writes: "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." - - - Of course they did make a 24x24mm format 35mm camera. Several of them. The Robot camera, designed by Kilfitt and made by Berning (later Robot-Berning) was manufactured and sold from 1935 through 1990. The Zeiss Tenax was also 24x24mm. The autowinding Robot was a favorite of action photographers. It was used by the Luftwaffe as a gun camera in WW2. I am the proud owner of several of these mechanical jewels. However as a large image fan I found the negatives a bit too small for the films of the Robot era. Except for action shots. I could bang off enough pictures to fill an entire roll in just a few seconds. But I too would like a square format digital camera. The square format would make much better use of the lens image circle and it would be great not to have to rotate the camera. How about a 40x40mm miniature digital Hassie? Even a 30x30mm would do, especially if it could mount Leica lenses. Larry Z