Same here. I am actually not a big fan of the two others to be honest, but I had already posted the third one (which I am very happy with) a few months ago, so I was desperate to find some fresh beach material for the contest.

Shooting a 6x4.5 sideways to get an horizontal orientation is not weirder than shooting sideways on any other camera to get a vertical. I guess you get used to it very quickly.That being said I would probably not recommend it if you shot mainly horizontals. I find it hard to focus especially, especially since the patch on my GS645S is really small and dim, so unless I am zone-focusing, I typically have to focus vertically then recompose horizontally.