The Fuji645 series cameras are portrait oriented cameras, with the film
traveling horizontally.
That's why I sold mine. Most of my shots are landscape oriented.
I should kick myself now.
Jeff
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From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: How does a 645 viewfinder work?
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:45:35 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >Could someone please answer a simple question:
> >What do you see in a 645 viewfinder? I assume that the images are stacked
> >vertically on the film, since it's about 6 cm wide. Do you see a vertical
> >(portrait) image rather than the horizontal (landscape) image you see in
a
> >35 mm camera's viewfinder? Or is there some weird system for rotating the
> >image 90 degrees when you expose the film?
> >I know this must be obvious to most PDML people, but I've never used a
> >medium-format camera. Thanks,
>
> The images are stacked vertically on the film, but the Pentax 645 shows a
> horizontal image in the viewfinder because the *film* winds vertically.
Not sure
> about other 645 format cameras.
>
> BTW: One of the things I really like about the Pentax 645 is the extra
tripod
> socket on the side of the camera for vertical orientation
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