SV650.org - SV650 & Gladius 650 Forum - View Single Post

johnnyrod · 03-05-16, 10:59 AM

Depends a bit on the camera but yes it basically shows you the frame - on many older cameras though what you saw was the whole frame. It was quite common though that the coverage of the picture was greater than the viewfinder, even on SLRs, to reduce chopped-off heads etc. which went out of fashion around the time of Henry VIII. So you may be lucky, or you may have also created minimalist masterpieces! Or crap pictures. Know what you mean about not spraying the area, I've just put a film in this new Olympus I've got but it's going to be ages before I see the results! On 120 with 12 shots a film it seems to take the same number of weeks as 35mm/24.

03-05-16, 10:59 AM	#639
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,122	Re: Vintage film cameras Depends a bit on the camera but yes it basically shows you the frame - on many older cameras though what you saw was the whole frame. It was quite common though that the coverage of the picture was greater than the viewfinder, even on SLRs, to reduce chopped-off heads etc. which went out of fashion around the time of Henry VIII. So you may be lucky, or you may have also created minimalist masterpieces! Or crap pictures. Know what you mean about not spraying the area, I've just put a film in this new Olympus I've got but it's going to be ages before I see the results! On 120 with 12 shots a film it seems to take the same number of weeks as 35mm/24.