Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bernard Cousineau wrote: > > > > 4X6? Where did that come from. Minilabs are a recent enough that they > > > could have chosen to print 35mm full frame. > > Hello. 4X6 IS 35mm full frame. > > 4X6 would be full frame if most minilabs didn't crop out a millimeter or so from all four sides. This looking like a discussion of where the mini labs should print full frame or if they should crop about 5%~10% of the image. Being one that prints full frame, I know that the exact dimentions of different makes of camera are different. I have not measured, but I have setup my enlarger to print a neg from my Leica full frame and then stuck a Nikon Neg in and one is a bit bigger then the other. I am talking a faction of a millimeter, but once enlargered it turns into millimeters. I assume the minilabs crop the way they do to take this type of thing into account. Also keep in mind that most SLR's show only between 85% and 92% of what is going to be on the neg. The Nikon F series shows 100%. Canon's EOS-1 shows 100%, also. I don't know what other SLR's show 100% (Do any of the Leica SLR's?). The point is that most people never realize there is something being cut off. I see only three ways of getting everything that is on the negative. Print your own negs, scan them in full frame, or pay a real lab to print full frame. Sam - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html