Yes… a Rollei TLR would be ideal!!!!Half frame cameras are in portrait format when held normally. One has to rotate the camera for landscape format. We can avoid such discussions by using the Perfect Format - Square.
Yes… a Rollei TLR would be ideal!!!!
Half frame cameras are in portrait format when held normally.
Indeed it is. And, historically, it might be highly likely that photographers using small-format cameras have found it no more difficult to rotate the camera 90 degrees than to visualize a vertical crop on a square format.I see this as advantage within the topic of this thread.
it dependsThe little Pentax MV I bought to avoid lugging the big camera everywhere was a step in the right direction, but it's 50mm lens was throwing me off. I usually use 85mm to 135mm for a walk around lens as that's how I usually see the composition, and that sort of focal length works well if a portrait opportunity arises.
Half frame could be fun w/ the equivalent of those focal lengths, but just what would those equivalents be for half frame? Is a 50mm lens still a 50 on a half frame camera? And just how are lens focal length/DOF and bokeh affected by using only half the frame? I'll need a fast, short tele lens.
Everything else w/ the format looks promising, especially the vertical format. but if the focal length and bokeh aren't going to work for half frame I'll buy another small full frame camera like the MV and hunt up an 85-135 lens for it.
Half frame could be fun w/ the equivalent of those focal lengths, but just what would those equivalents be for half frame? Is a 50mm lens still a 50 on a half frame camera? And just how are lens focal length/DOF and bokeh affected by using only half the frame? I'll need a fast, short tele lens.
This talk about 1/2-frames and square formats-- well, what about a square format on 35mm? I just got a Zeiss Tenax II, and it's a lot of fun, but I think the Robot 24mm x 24mm cameras are probably better because of more lenses and accessories. They are rare, but apparently very well made, and when I see them my usual thought is "they're not as expensive as they could be".
126 was a square format on 35mm film which had a pretty good run with the Kodak Instamatic cameras. It was introduced by Kodak in 1963 and last produced by Ferrania in 2007.For some unknown reason, marketing?, 24x24 or 24x28, or 24x30 just never caught on. Perhaps the inertia cause by Leica being the first on the market with 24x36 was too much to overcome.
126 was a square format on 35mm film which had a pretty good run with the Kodak Instamatic cameras. It was introduced by Kodak in 1963 and last produced by Ferrania in 2007.
The little Pentax MV I bought to avoid lugging the big camera everywhere was a step in the right direction, but it's 50mm lens was throwing me off. I usually use 85mm to 135mm for a walk around lens as that's how I usually see the composition, and that sort of focal length works well if a portrait opportunity arises.
Half frame could be fun w/ the equivalent of those focal lengths, but just what would those equivalents be for half frame? Is a 50mm lens still a 50 on a half frame camera? And just how are lens focal length/DOF and bokeh affected by using only half the frame? I'll need a fast, short tele lens.
Everything else w/ the format looks promising, especially the vertical format. but if the focal length and bokeh aren't going to work for half frame I'll buy another small full frame camera like the MV and hunt up an 85-135 lens for it.
Yes… a Rollei TLR would be ideal!!!!
Now we’re in the right spirit. Taking a great idea and making it greater again!
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