Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No, actually I want to be king. On Sunday, February 10, 2002, at 02:59 AM, Henry Ting wrote: > > I see, you want all the paper mills, copying machines, > stationary print shops, fax machines, etc etc etc to > change to adapt to the 35mm format. Hmmmm > > --- Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net> wrote: >> I think the real question is why are paper sizes >> inflexible? 35mm never >> fit on an 8X10 sheet. What's the most popular film >> size in the world? >> What sense does it make to print the most popular >> film size, 35mm, on >> odd sized paper? >> >> 4X6? Where did that come from. Minilabs are a recent >> enough that they >> could have chosen to print 35mm full frame. Has >> Kodak, the company that >> brings us different film formats every five or ten >> years, been asleep at >> helm? Or is there something sinister going on? >> >> Allan >> >> >> On Saturday, February 9, 2002, at 10:07 PM, Phil >> Stiles wrote: >> >>> In medium format, Fuji rangefinders give one a >> choice of 6X9 or 6X7. The >>> 6X7 prints on standard 8X10 or 11X14 enlarging >> paper. While the >>> so-called "letterbox" format of standard 35mm is >> well established, I've >>> often wondered why some manufacturer doesn't >> produce the 6X7 ratio >>> negative for 35mm. One would get quite a few more >> shots on a "36 >>> exposure" roll (can someone do the math?) and >> wouldn't loose the ends of >>> the frame when printing to 4X6 at the one hour >> lab. Probably half my >>> prints are cropped out of the full frame negative. >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html