I have always wondered about the use of the archaic 19th century "landscape"
and "portrait" mode in a modern digital camera.
I find mechanically switching between these two modes by the actual
physical rotation of the camera or the entire camera-scope assembly awkward
and time consuming. Especially when trying to keep up with fast moving
wildlife.
So why bother with it especially when it's an entirely artificial
arbitrary concept?
For instance:
The sensor on my camera is a APS-C (23.5 x 15.7 mm) size. Considering
that the light cone coming from the objective is a round cone why not,
instead, make the sensor round with a diameter of 28.26mm?
This way you could have a variety of formats or none at all (full frame
round) and simply crop out with software whatever you don't want.
Or just hit a button and the sensor would electronically and instantly configure
the sensor and the viewfinder to whatever format you chose.
If this doesn't make sense see the pic.
I would think it would be simple to set up a viewfinder that could
accommodate such a system.
What do you think?
Sounds good to me! Makes perfect sense too, I think. And no need to have photo tripod heads flip vertically!
Like the Hasselblad 2.25 by 2.25 format. I think they did it in the Hasselblad because there was no good way to turn it. But good idea! I like it.