What do you shoot, mostly? ... Horizontals, or Verticals?
Nov 13, 2017 14:21:00 #
salewis wrote:
If you use conventional photo albums (I may be showing my age here), marketed albums allow for photos in a single orientation, so a mixture requires the viewer to keep turning the album on its side.
A good way to determine if the viewer is genuinely interested in your album or not. An interested person will happily turn the album as needed for best viewing.
Nov 13, 2017 14:22:15 #
Chris T wrote:
Okay, all you square-format shooters ... this, clearly, isn't one for you ... so, you can skip it ... unless, you have some really positive remark!
As I have mentioned before, it would be so nice if some one made a 30mm SQUARE sensor. I do realize it could not be a SLR because the size of the mirror would necessarily move the lens further away - but it could be a mirrorless using all the current FF lenses. And let me be clear here, shooting square does NOT mean your final image will or must be square - that is why we can CROP !
I do shoot mostly horizontal because that is the default design of the SLR type cameras for speed and simplification - but horizontal is a rather boring orientation- vertical is much more dynamic with more 3 -dimensionality ! ( if done properly)
David Muench has had a great influence on me as regards landscape work - as he shoots vertically most of the time with GREAT sucess !
Nov 13, 2017 14:25:09 #
I never really gave it much thought. I shoot mostly horizontal, but will shoot vertical when the subject matter is improved (as in framing the picture). Sometimes I will shoot both and pick the better shot later to use.... When I'm shooting,mind falls to what looks best in the viewfinder. I realize there's are programs that allow you to rotate and crop as desired or needed, but having learned during the time of film, I try to frame my picture when I shoot because of the costs of processing film back in the day. When I first starting shooting in High school, we had the tools to process and enlarge as needed, but after that, not dark room. The darkroom in school was quite literally a small broom closet that was converted over for film and print processing...
Nov 13, 2017 15:19:05 #
Nov 13, 2017 15:19:41 #
I prefer horizontal because I like to view my shots on my big screen tv. That said, some of my favorites are verticals...because the subject wanted to be shot vertically...
Nov 13, 2017 16:37:41 #
I shot vertical landscapes on 4x5 for many years but went to mostly horizontals on 35mm digital. I think the shape of the format was responsible for my change.
Nov 13, 2017 16:38:20 #
Nov 13, 2017 17:24:09 #
imagemeister wrote:
As I have mentioned before, it would be so nice if... (show quote)
Larry ... there ARE some photo posts - here in this thread - which belie the belief Horizontal is made for Landscapes, and vice-versa ...
In reference to the affordable square format ... there IS a dig cam already out there, which allows you to set the format square - the Oly.
It's not 30mm - no ... but, it's already available ....
Nov 13, 2017 17:26:49 #
Hank Radt wrote:
This is undoubtedly the dumbest topic you've come up with yet.
And that's saying a lot...
And that's saying a lot...
It's funny how the most simplistic posts ... attract the most folk to want to comment ....
Nov 13, 2017 17:29:49 #
Chris T wrote:
Larry ... there ARE some photo posts - here in thi... (show quote)
Almost all of the Olympus and Panasonic Micro 4/3 cameras can record JPEGs in 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, and 16:9 aspect ratios. The electronic viewfinder shows you the crop. If you also record raw files, you get the full sensor readout in 4:3 aspect ratio, and you can crop to 1:1, 3:2, or 16:9 easily in post-production.
Nov 13, 2017 17:33:20 #
Chris T wrote:
Larry ... there ARE some photo posts - here in thi... (show quote)
Yes, but I am talking about a camera designed from the ground up to be square and crop from there - not the other way around ....
........it worked for Hasselblad and Rolleiflex !Nov 13, 2017 17:40:39 #
burkphoto wrote:
Almost all of the Olympus and Panasonic Micro 4/3 cameras can record JPEGs in 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, and 16:9 aspect ratios. The electronic viewfinder shows you the crop. If you also record raw files, you get the full sensor readout in 4:3 aspect ratio, and you can crop to 1:1, 3:2, or 16:9 easily in post-production.
Bill ... someone else has already indicated there's a format selector in the menu system, and an option in it - IS - square!!!
Nov 13, 2017 17:43:12 #
imagemeister wrote:
Yes, but I am talking about a camera designed from the ground up to be square and crop from there - not the other way around .... ........it worked for Hasselblad and Rolleiflex !
........it worked for Hasselblad and Rolleiflex !Yes ... well ... Rollei isn't even in it, anymore ...
And - you can buy a house cheaper than the current Hasselblad entry ....
See my other post on this topic, Larry -
Square-format eye-level FF DSLR ... has its time come, or no?
Nov 13, 2017 18:07:54 #
Depends on what you are shooting. I shoot mostly landscapes and Panos, so the horizontal format works best for me. If you're shooting portraits or street scenes, vertical is probably best.
In the two shots here (top horizontal, the bottom a 4-shot pano) these formats work well for me . . .
In the two shots here (top horizontal, the bottom a 4-shot pano) these formats work well for me . . .
Nov 13, 2017 18:46:29 #
I have a novel approach, LOL! I evaluate the scene and compose to take the best image I can. Many scenes yell out for the orientation to use. In this day of free film, you can take both! I actually use square when the subject demands it, but I will admit that I hadn't seen the strength of the square comp until I saw it large on my monitor doing PP. Oh, yes, there is also the pano. They are obvious once you try to frame the subject and the scene knocks the camera out of your hand and yells a you: "See the scene you're looking at, Dummy, it's a PANO!
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