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Re: [OM] New Olys (my opinion)

Subject: Re: [OM] New Olys (my opinion)
From: Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 20:38:42 -0500
You just crop. Hasn't bothered Hasselblad/Rollei/Mamiya/Kowa/Bronica... 
users. I've bought 10x10" paper in the past.
Currently, to make an 8x10 from a 35mm film, you have to discard 2".

Advantages:
- Saves turning the camera with all those complications of access to 
controls while on the tripod or at the eye.
- Uses more of image circle.

Why does everything have to have corners?

When we have pixels to burn, perhaps we'll have circular CCDs. 
I wonder if in future, it might be easier to have curved CCDs to match the 
lenses' curvature of field.

Tom

On Friday, December 21, 2001 at 9:19, C.H.Ling <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] New Olys (my opinion)" saying:

> How many people will be interested on square format while all paper
> are in rectangular?
> 
> C.H.Ling
> 
> Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > 
> <snip>
> > 
> > The sensor size dictates the sizes of everything around it, especially
> > lens mount & any SLR viewing mirror/prism. Standardising that for a while
> > allows accessories, lenses, etc. to flourish. E.G., the 35mm format.
> > 
> > I hope Oly changes the format to a squarer format to better match a lens
> > image circle.

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