Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Requires a PhD in math I?m afraid john ;-) Amities Metric and remain Philippe > Le 3 avr. 2019 ? 20:49, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.uk> a ?crit : > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information