Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think they should make a Robot format Leica. 24x24mm. I guess they did once the "post office" version which you can now pick up at Costco Collectors Division for 20,000 USD. You'd get 72 shots on the roll. You'd not have to cover the shot in vertical as well as horizontal; just crop the heck out of them later any which way you want. Film is better than it was in 1933. Much can be made from minimal acreage. You'd eradicate that distracting twisting motions the Hasselblad users don?t have to make. Or TLR Rolleiflex users for other instance. So you'd be able to use a waist level finder with more intelligence. And blend in a whole lot more. Your shots would be square; squares have a natural center. Square are nice. I think they are an "antiformat" like a circle which can be composed in much easier. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon New-improved http://rabinergroup.com/