Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 4x6 the evil size
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 17:59:05 -0700
References: <64DC8FA90382D411BA060090277AEE41294D3C@nt-exchange-bby.pmc-sierra.bc.ca>

Paul Chefurka wrote:
> 
> Gasp!  Profaning the sacred shape of the Barnack Negative????  Aren't you
> the guy who prints a lot of 6x9's on 11x14 paper?  What's wrong with a 4x6
> except that it's too small to be big, and too big to be small?
> 
> 4x6 lab prints are a pain in the @$$ to file, though.  That really gets in
> the way of editing and storing your work.  I've got boxes and boxes of lab
> envelopes stuffed with 4x6's.  Every once in a while I think of switching to
> trannies, but then I just load up another roll of Supra 400 and off I go
> down the road to perdition once more...
> 
> Paul
It's not the ratio i don't like. I LOVE 2 over 3.
It's the SIZE. 4x6 inches
too many bad pictures have been made that size imo
markwr

In reply to: Message from Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com> (RE: [Leica] 4x6 the evil size)