Round Lens

ReD

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Just a thought - (until fairly recently) lenses have always been circular so how come we ended up with squared images?

answers on a round postcard please ..
 
Funny, I was thinking about round photographs a few nights ago, while watching La Roue (French silent film) on PBS. Portions of that movie are filmed in a round format.

I'd always figured images were squared due to film handling and conservation, but I wonder if there is also a more technical reason? Vignetting?
 
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