dant Posted February 20, 2014 Share #1 Posted February 20, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Is there any tricks to shooting square format with the M8? I was wondering if anyone made a square OVF for it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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adan Posted February 20, 2014 Share #2 Posted February 20, 2014 You posted in the M9 forum but anyway: I shoot square now and then (with the M8 when I had one, now with the M9). Mostly I use wides with their own external finders, and just estimate a square as wide as the finder is tall. Voigtlander made a square version of their adjustable right-angle finder, promoted for use with Hassy's SuperWide cameras, but now out of production. The internal M framelines show a strong approximation of square cropping. Because the corners are cut away, the upper and lower lines end at a point where they form a pretty good square with the full height of the frame. Works for 28 and 35. The whole 75mm frame width compared to the 50mm depth (with a 50mm lens) works, as do the " - " marks in the 75mm frame for a 75mm lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted February 20, 2014 Share #3 Posted February 20, 2014 You posted in the M9 forum but anyway: I shoot square now and then (with the M8 when I had one, now with the M9). Mostly I use wides with their own external finders, and just estimate a square as wide as the finder is tall. Voigtlander made a square version of their adjustable right-angle finder, promoted for use with Hassy's SuperWide cameras, but now out of production. The internal M framelines show a strong approximation of square cropping. Because the corners are cut away, the upper and lower lines end at a point where they form a pretty good square with the full height of the frame. Works for 28 and 35. The whole 75mm frame width compared to the 50mm depth (with a 50mm lens) works, as do the " - " marks in the 75mm frame for a 75mm lens. I frequently shoot for square format, especially after borrowing a friend's Hasselblad, but I've always just estimated the crop central square crop - how obvious it is to use the frameline cutaways? - Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_S Posted February 21, 2014 Share #4 Posted February 21, 2014 Perhaps the classic Voigtlander Kontur viewfinder in its 6x6 version might be useful for visualising the square format. From what I understand, the region within the frame is blacked out and you view the scene with both eyes open. The brain then superimposes the frame lines onto the scene observed with the other unobstructed eye. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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