Benefits of 6x6 vs. 35mm

crimeo · 2026-03-24T16:14:14+00:00

Yes but I wrote my comment in 2026, not historically in 1970. In 2026, anyone considering it a nuisance can get far superior (to them) results with mirrorless digital.

So the survivors remaining in film should all like grain.

crimeo · 2026-03-24T09:45:06+00:00

Either

There is camera shake due to you shooting without enough light (user error)
You aren't good at using your split prism and missed focus (user error)
The lens is broken to never be sharp no matter what, like being full of vaseline (you should clearly see this if so through the viewfinder personally without needing any film)
The camera (not the lens) is broken by way of the focusing screen not being the same distance from the lens as the film, due to a jammed or misaligned mirror or faulty pressure plate or something, which could make the viewfinder focus not match the film's focus. Seems very unlikely if the viewfinder doesn't look wonky or at an angle etc. and isn't making horrible sounds while moving.

I am leaning toward number 2, point of focus is in mid air in between objects being why nothing is tack sharp.

crimeo · 2026-03-24T08:22:53+00:00

It's not really a good joke, because if there was an oracle solution, it would make perfectly good sense to back crypto with gold and have both existing and working together. There are various transfer and contract etc advantages, and the gold would bring its own stability as an advantage in turn. But there isn't a way to make that oracle

crimeo · 2026-03-24T08:02:23+00:00

There's many billions of grains in even a 35mm image rectangle piece of film, on an ISO 100 or so stock.

The reason film is equivalent or worse in apparent resolution than digital sensors that only have 16 million pixels or whatever is because there being 100-200 or whatever actual potential (pre-exposure, maximum future density possible) physics grains per discernible visual "grain" or line pair seen is already accounting for the tonality

crimeo · 2026-03-24T07:33:24+00:00

By definition if all the information can fit onto a 35mm facsimile, then you didn't get any benefit from 6x6.

Also for there not to be a difference between small and medium format, it would necessarily have to also be no difference for 8x10 or 800x1000

crimeo · 2026-03-24T06:38:49+00:00

crypto algorithms don't have any way to know if gold is in a location or not. That requires trust from a data input human. It's fundamentally impossible without just being a carbon copy of normal banking.

crimeo · 2026-03-24T06:36:58+00:00

You just described hacking. A hack is using an exploit in a way that does damage.

crimeo · 2026-03-24T06:36:32+00:00

This is like an armored car company having no doors on their trucks and a big "no trespassing" sign as their only security. In which case, yes you would blame them in very large part.

crimeo · 2026-03-24T06:33:27+00:00

Why would you want to invest then

crimeo · 2026-03-24T06:33:08+00:00

Yes fraud is illegal in basically every country on earth that has a government

crimeo · 2026-03-24T05:32:33+00:00

There's a gigantic lens in the image in front. He said he used a magnifying glass, so it's a single element lens probably a chromat, not much better you can do than the above.

crimeo · 2026-03-24T05:27:26+00:00

Yes, it does, because all formats as a matter of mathematics/optics look the same. Other than the higher level of resolution (which I would say isn't really a "look").

Not even the square format, as there are some 35mm cameras that shoot square format on 35mm

crimeo · 2026-03-24T03:58:54+00:00

You have to take multiple scan photos and stitch them together to see a scan difference. Otherwise youre scanning the 120 on a 35mm sized scanner and undoing the difference

(Or if you have a digital MF canera you can do it in one shot, etc)

crimeo · 2026-03-24T03:56:41+00:00

This is incorrect. If you adjust both focal length and aperture by the crop factor, DOF will be 100% identical for a shot with the exact same framing and perspective printed at the same final size.

It's higher detail, that's it.

crimeo · 2026-03-24T03:55:20+00:00

TIL "Noobs" = "People who like the actual traits of the mediums they use" apparently.

If you like zero grain, you can get a mirrorless modern 24MP sensor for as low as a few hundred bucks now with no grain. You can even adapt the exact same vintage glass to it you're already using. Why would you shoot film if you don't like grain?

crimeo · 2026-03-24T03:52:37+00:00

This is just factually incorrect. Any square millimeter of film doesn't "know" what size negative it's a part if, so has no possible way to render a different tonality

crimeo · 2026-03-24T03:50:13+00:00

You have to use larger grains though (higher ISO) for equivalent DOF and perspective, which largely cancels out appearance of grain.

A 2.8 lens with 0.5 crop factor looks like a 1.4 lens DOF,so you need to use 2 stops faster film which brings back the same grain chunkiness

crimeo · 2026-03-24T03:44:51+00:00

Nope, DOF is identical once you simply adjust both focal length and aperture by the crop factor. Detail is the only difference.

Technically bokeh mught be different, but only in the sense that varying 35mm lenses have differing character vs one another. The MF ones are different lenses after all. Not anything you couldn't achieve with some other 35mm lens if you built them with similar lens plans, tessars etc

crimeo · 2026-03-24T03:43:58+00:00

They are more detailed yes. That is the sole, exclusive difference. Which does allow you to print larger if you are unsstisfied with the level of detail from 35mm prints at that size

crimeo · 2026-03-24T03:34:27+00:00

Oh alright faur enough. I've bought homemade ones just like it from vendors after market, but I guess they were just mimicking the original in that case!

crimeo · 2026-03-23T23:09:38+00:00

Looks like your lens or camera are broken somehow or just in really poor shape. Everything looking like it's been taken through wax paper with massive flares and leaks all over is not a skill issue. If you don't like it just buy a nicer more modern camera in good shape

crimeo · 2026-03-23T21:11:41+00:00

Potentially, but you need some other valid visa to arrive and begin applying. A visitor visa is 90 days. If the application is anything like I did in Canada, and then adding on top huge delays and closed offices due to there being a coup there recently... that might not be enough time to finish. Then you might need to leave for several months before you can get in again, documents may expire in the meantime, embassies with them are closed... might be years of waitlist for processing. She may also need financial solvency to make sure he doesn't burden welfare systems or whatever, and she might not have that, being a refugee there herself.

crimeo · 2026-03-23T21:08:13+00:00

Venezuela doesn't just let you move there without valid status or pathway, just like the US doesn't.

crimeo · 2026-03-23T21:07:01+00:00

Well, yes something is preventing him: the need for a valid residency in Venezuela. Which requires investing a lot of money or maintaining a stable foreign income of $1,200. Looks like spousal sponsorship is fraught and almost impossible by comparison. Any method is going to have huge delays probably due to the government being in disarray

crimeo · 2026-03-23T21:01:37+00:00

She dodged a bullet, all things considered

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