Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The UK had full plate (8.5" x 6.5") as well as half and quarter plates. I usually print a 15" x 10" image on A3 paper, this fits well into a 20" x 16" frame - so mixing two ratios ;-) If you print on A3+ (~13" x 19") then you get 2:3 with 1/2" borders. john -----Original Message----- I have always wondered about this...... If you go back in time, and look at negative sizes...... 35mm = 2:3 ratio. Then there is/was .... Square ( never saw square paper), 2 1/4 x 3 1/4, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 sized cameras. None of which are 2x3. Nor 4x5, the apparent standard for traditional paper ( the other is 5x7). Tradition has only offered paper in 5x7 or 4x5 sizes. Never 2x3. ( although with the advent of machine printers, 4x6 was offered) Now that we use computer printers to print, the paper is 8 1/2 x 11 or 11 x 17. Europe uses a slightly different size, but still not 2:3. What camera(s) support this ratio? Frames come in any custom size, but the standard ones are 4x5 or 5x7 or 11x14 in proportion. Notice, no 2x3? Purest types ( some) want every scene to be 2x3 ratio. Cropping is a 4 letter word. What scene is 2x3, precisely? What output is 2x3? Paper is not. Computer Screens (nominal proportions are 16x9 or 4x3 ) are not. You must accept the thought that cropping is required, somewhere, sometime, someplace. And as Sir Ted would ( paraphrasing) say.... stop worrying and go take pix....... Frank Filippone Red735i at verizon.net The Q2 will will present an interessting artistic quandry of those who refuse to crop the sacred 3:2 format. Will throwing the switch from 28 to 35 or 50 or 75 be a sinful crop, or present a whole new holy rectangle? ric