RE: [Leica] RE: Walker Evans, or Bigger IS Better

[Jeremy Kime <jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk>]

Maybe in America,
but here in Europe the international (ha!) A series of paper sizes hold a
35mm frame pretty good though suprisingly the size never caught on with
chemically processed print sizes.
And the frame market caters well for A series paper.

But where did that set of sizes come from? A4 (equivalent to US legal size)
is 297mm x 210mm, and even the larger A3 - A0 (840mm x 1188mm) sizes can't
offer a rational explanation!

Mind you, it doesn't sound as ridiculous as 'Double Elephant, the largest
imperial paper size!
regards,
Jem


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	B. D. Colen [SMTP:bdcolen@earthlink.net]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 08, 2000 9:35 AM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	RE: [Leica] RE:  Walker Evans, or Bigger IS Better
> 
> 
> 
> I currently lop off an inch from the bottom of the 8x10 sheet and use that
> for test strips.  With a 1/2 inch border the resulting 6x9 images frame
> nicely in 9x12 frames.  Hard to find those frames though.
> 
> Mike Durling
> KD4KWB
> http://www.widomaker.com/~durling/
> 
> You've noticed that problem, eh? Even worse is the fact that those of us
> doing digital printing work with really weird paper sizes - 8.5 x 11,
> 9x12,
> etc., and then unless you trim the paper back to standard sizes, finding
> frames is a real bitch.....Anyone want to start a company selling frames
> for
> digital prints?;-) There's got to be an enormous market....
> 
> B. D.
>