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03/22/2011 11:37:25 PM · #1 |
When will someone make a point-and-shoot digital camera (or even an SLR) that will shoot a square image without having to spend the money to buy a medium format rig? I guess there is probably zero market in the Best Buy crowd for a camera that would do this.
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03/22/2011 11:58:08 PM · #2 |
I agree that there just isn't a market for it. Why would you want that format in a P&S form?
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03/23/2011 12:02:44 AM · #3 |
I just love square images and would love to have a camera that shoots them that way. I guess i'm just missing the days where I shot a lot of medium format film... lol
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03/23/2011 12:10:54 AM · #4 |
| You could put some tape over one-third of the viewfinder, compose in the remainder, and then make an action to batch crop-off the undesired side ... ;-) |
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03/23/2011 12:14:13 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
You could put some tape over one-third of the viewfinder, compose in the remainder, and then make an action to batch crop-off the undesired side ... ;-) |
Now that would be a pain in the ass huh...
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03/23/2011 09:56:48 AM · #6 |
| Turn on the grid on your 7D - You get some tick marks that are close to square if you put the image one side or the other.... Helps me for 8x10 as well.... |
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03/23/2011 11:29:28 AM · #7 |
Got any old cameras? Be interesting to experiment with putting an overlay directly on the sensor of a p&s that covered all but a center square...
R. |
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03/23/2011 11:33:37 AM · #8 |
Shoot film. :)
I like Roberts's idea. |
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03/23/2011 01:36:43 PM · #9 |
| It's all in how you think about it... consider your 1.5:1 aspect ratio as "compositional insurance" on your central square. Set up Lr to crop to 1:1 at full height, and now you can move the crop square left and right to tweak composition. Easy, fast, flexible, and no hardware mods required. |
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