duncan_a Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Being new to this format, when composing a frame with the camera in the normal upright position. Is the frame in portrait or landscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kahn Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Landscape. That's one of the things I like about 6X6.....it doesn't matter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben conover Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Depends on the camera, I think the Bronica 645 rangefinder is portrait oriented. Most 645 cameras would fit the landscape mode when held normaly. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bueh Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 What Ben said. I think all <abbr title="single-lens reflex cameras">SLRs</abbr> have the frame in landscape, while all folders and rangefinder cameras have the frame in portrait format. While it is of course easy to hold each camera the other way, it is virtually impossible to use a <abbr title="single-lens reflex camera">SLR</abbr> with a <abbr title="waist-level finder">WLF</abbr> handheld in portrait format and very inconvenient with a tripod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_chan4 Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 The Fuji 645zi likewise has an upright 'portrait' mode viewfinder. With the Bronica RF645 they're both excellent cameras in their format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_clark Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 It's incredibly easy to hold the Bronica RF in landscape. I use square format too and find no advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaius1 Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Answer is - it depends. Held in the "normal" position a Contax 645 is landscape, and a Bronica RF 645 is portrait. Most will be landscape tho'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolan_ross Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Landscape is with the frame in horizontal (long side horizontal, short side vertical). With the 6x6 format it's the same obviously and of no use to turn the camera. A camera like the Hasselblad that usually has the waist level finder will have a 6x6. The photographer would then crop the negative if he wanted a rectangular shape either portrait or landscape. I kind of like to shoot everything, even portraits in the landscape look, but then people pictures are mostly my family and in a 4x6 photo album I do not like to have to flip the album to view the picture. However if I am thinking of an enlargment then I flip my camera sometimes. I have the Mamiya Pro tl(metered prism) which is easy enough to flip on it's side for the vertical look. (portrait)...Good luck....Nolan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw436 Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 For 645, just think about your film path orientation. The rectangular frame is meant to use the whole width of the film. If the film spools feed the film from the bottom of the camera to the top, then the wide side of the image frame would stretch across the film - landscape. If your camera feeds the film left to right across the image then the width of the film is top-to-bottom and the image will be in Portrait mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_hall1 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 That's real interesting... Which 645 cameras run the film vertically...because the specs just say 6x4.5 format they never say 4.5x6 format... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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