Is there a way to shoot square format on 35mm film?

Cafe Society
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There is a 35mm film back for a Bronica 6x6 camera; when I first found out about it, I envisioned a back that would let you shoot a whole roll of little square frames on 35mm film, and was sorely disappointed when I realized that it just shoots regular 35mm format. I like composing photos in a square frame. The suggestion to “just crop it” doesn’t cut any ice with me; I want the photo to be a square from the moment I frame it with my eye to the moment it’s developed on the film.

Are there cameras or camera backs that allow you to shoot a square frame, with a square viewfinder, on 35mm film?

2

How about a matte box with a square matte in it?

3

You might check out the Lomo/Holga/Diana class of plastic cameras. Here’s one that does what you want:

Diana

4

If you don’t mind having sprocket holes in your pictures, there’s always the Blackbird, Fly 35mm TLR camera.

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Oh Jesus, is it back down the toy camera rabbit hole for me? :eek: