[rollei_list] Re: Rollei P20: last squared sensor for MF digital backs ?

  • From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 12:51:35 -0400

andrearicci@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Dear All
> it has been anounced that Phase One will introduce 3 new digital
> backs for medium format
> see link here http://www.phaseone.com/Content/p1digitalbacks/Hotnews/
> Ultimate%20range.aspx
> Apparently none will use the square format one finds on the P20. The
> move is towards the 4:3 ratio (49.1 x 36.8 mm)
> Is this the end of the square format so typical in medium format
> photography ?
> Can't be...comments?


What leads you to say that square is what's typical? There are tons of 645,
67, 69, and some 68 and 612 shooters/cameras out there...

Moving beyond MF, the square is the exception in the visual arts...


Eric Goldstein

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