GXR and Aesthetics of Japanese Movies

While I am working on the post about the A12 module, let me take a break and share my impression on the 16:9 format of the GXR.

4:3 format versus 16:9 format. The 16:9 image stretches the width and crops the height a bit.

I like the 16:9 format by the GXR a lot. It must have something to do with the characters of the images by the A12 (and S10 too for that matter) which are traditional to the Ricoh cameras. I will talk about these characters in the upcoming A12 post.

There is an unexplainable reason to me that the A12's/ A10's 16:9 format awakes reminiscences of the aesthetics of Japanese movies which to me represent a mixture of some vague concepts including romance, cleanliness, modern classic and contemplation.

^The open-air wet markets in HK offer the best shooting chances

^Petitioning on a bustling street, which is an attraction to the Mainland Chinese visitors. How deplorable!

^The skyline of Central (HK's CBD) at night

I love it so much that I have primarily switched the format to 16:9 with both the A12 and S10.

Comments

Rob Leslie said…

I don't understang how the 'Perspective' can be different with 16:9. Isn't it just a crop?
Only camera to subject distance can change perspective?
Using a wide lens gives more perspective with because foregrond objects are closer to the camera but I don't see how 16:9 crop can do this.

29 January 2010 at 23:41

Nevin said…

Ha, ha, I meant vista. I was surely not thinking. Very good point about minding the diction. Correction to the language problem made.

30 January 2010 at 00:48

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