No accounting for it, just that it happened. The 24 x 36 format of 35mm just didn't fit an 8 x 10" print format, while you could get 4 x 5 negatives to fit the format precisely. Folks were using a lot of 4 x 5 cameras back then. It was normal to see the press shooting 4 x 5.
See, I told you I'm an old guy. Len --- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Walkden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lbparis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 12:17 PM Subject: Re[2]: Pentax AF viewfinders > Hi, > > how on Earth did they try to justify such as stupid argument? > > --- > > Bob > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Saturday, October 27, 2001, 4:24:17 PM, you wrote: > > > Believe it or not, 100% viewfinders used to take a certain > > amount of criticism too, years ago. Mainly from people that > > used the full frame to compose their pictures and then found > > that they couldn't print them on 8 X 10" paper without cropping. > > > Len > > --- > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
