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Subject: [Leica] New R Solution?
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:02:25 -0500
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Regards,
George Lottermoser 
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On Sep 8, 2010, at 6:47 AM, Rei Shinozuka wrote:

> what's better than square? eastman's 1888 solution to maximizing film 
> area:  pi r squared!
> 
> http://www.britannica.com/bps/image/636322/96360/Early-Kodak-snapshot-of-a-street-scene-in-Washington-DC
> 
> -rei
> 
> 
> On 09/07/2010 11:12 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:
>> And what's very interesting,
>> if maximum acreage is the goal,
>> is that
>> 24x36 = 864 sq mm
>> where
>> 30.5x30.5 = 930.25 sq mm
>> 
>> So if we want the most acreage per image circle
>> the square wins.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george at imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 7, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Rei Shinozuka wrote:
>> 
>>> of another way of visualizing how the rectangular or square crops fit 
>>> onto the image circle:
>>> 
>>> http://www.rytterfalk.com/wp-content/upload/1253263718-sensors.jpg
>>> 
>>> given a fixed image coverage circle, the maximally circumscribed 
>>> rectangle cannot be extended into a maximally circumscribed square 
>>> without reducing the longer dimension (36mm in this case.)
>>> 
>>> for 35mm the square format which would fit into lens coverage would be 
>>> 30.5mmx30.5mm.
>>> 
>>> -rei
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 09/07/2010 10:16 AM, George Lottermoser wrote:
>>>> The rectangular or square diagonal = diameter of circle
>>>> 
>>>> <   http://www.mathopenref.com/rectanglediagonals.html>
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> George Lottermoser
>>>> george at imagist.com
>>>> http://www.imagist.com
>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 7, 2010, at 9:07 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> George,
>>>>> 
>>>>> not sure if my logic is a little off, but if a lens covers 36 mm 
>>>>> horizontally and we are talking about an image CIRCLE not an OVAL, I 
>>>>> expect it will cover a 36 mm square format too.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Douglas
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 07.09.2010 15:41, George Lottermoser wrote:
>>>>>> As wonderful as that would be;
>>>>>> it would also cost way too much money (for me);
>>>>>> and I'm not sure the full line of R lenses would cover that image 
>>>>>> circle.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> George Lottermoser
>>>>>> george at imagist.com
>>>>>> http://www.imagist.com
>>>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sep 7, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Sonny Carter wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Why not a 36 x36?
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