[Leica] Square Film Format for the R10

[rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob)]

Square would be very exciting. Manual focus and square... Perhaps my HV 
lenses would work??

Bob Adler
http://www.raflexions.com

On May 8, 2008, at 6:48 AM, Howard Cummer <cummer@netvigator.com> wrote:

Hi Luggers,
One time lugger, Ray Tai, now participating, I think, at the Rangefinder 
forum, has used some Leica R lens on the Hasselblad Xpan ( 24mm X 65mm). 
None of them have an image circle to cover 65mm but the 35 Curtagon comes 
closest. Ray noted that there was very little fall off at the edge of the R 
lenses' image circles (like the R28) and he thought that some older style 
lenses had larger image circles than some of the later models. Leica needs 
something to differentiate it from the excellent DSLRs from Canon Nikon and 
others and going to a square format - no more vertical and horizontal shots 
- like a mini Hasselblad - could be a way to do it. I wouldn't be at all 
surprised if they go square format - reinventing the 35mm format which Oskar 
Barnack is credited with starting (even if he wasn't first). Older lenses, 
if they do have a larger image circle might become sought after and suddenly 
more valuable. I am keeping mine. Look at what has happened to the
 price of Visoflexes with the M8. Photokina is going to be very interesting. 
I am going and hope to lay hands on an R10. Anybody else going to be there??
Cheers,
Howard

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