Popular Sciemce 10/1965 Half-frame overview

I liked the article on how-to-build an earthquake detector, further down in the link.

My Pen-D is nice, has the owner's manual, leatherette case and original box.

Thanks for sharing the link.

~Joe
 
Thanks! Finally I know my beloved Yashica 72-E were rather cheap camera at times. It is so good that I wonder how good those expensive HF's should be!
 
Anyone notice how they had no need to make up silly comparisons with full frame or medium or large formats with this new format? No need for new terminology like "crop factor".

The half frame is simply what it is.
 
ampguy said:
Anyone notice how they had no need to make up silly comparisons with full frame or medium or large formats with this new format? No need for new terminology like "crop factor".

The half frame is simply what it is.
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By calling it "half frame", they're automatically comparing it with a hypothetical "full frame".
 
ampguy said:
Anyone notice how they had no need to make up silly comparisons with full frame or medium or large formats with this new format?
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Actually, they gave a list of full-frame equivalents (from the Pen F manual):

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ampguy said:
Anyone notice how they had no need to make up silly comparisons with full frame or medium or large formats with this new format? No need for new terminology like "crop factor".

The half frame is simply what it is.
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Hm, there is comparison and article indirectly states HF is better - twice more exposures on same film than in "ordinary camera". See picture comparing size of frames.
 
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