[Leica] Square Film Format for the R10

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Hi Howard,

I will be there, I know I will be there for at least 3 of the days.  I am 
staying with one of our exchange students families that we stayed with in 
2004.  Her father is a photography enthusiast also, so we will be there.  I 
look forward to seeing you there.

Gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Howard Cummer <cummer@netvigator.com>
>
> 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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