On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Igor Roshchin<s...@komkon.org> wrote: > > Yesterday, I had a chance of looking at frames (for photos and pictures) > being sold at Ikea. > While I found a few that were of more standard sizes (4"x6", 5"x7", > 6"x6", 8"x10"), I saw quite a few of very unusual sizes, e.g. > 8-1/2" - 11" (or 11-1/2" ?), 9"x9", 11"x19", etc. > > Usually, at stores like Aaron Brothers, Michaels, - they carry only > the "most standard" sizes (especially Michaels), so that even 8"x12" is > hard to find. > The only logical explanation that I could think of in the case of Ikea > was that they also have pictures they sell, and they match those > sizes, - so they don't want you to use these frames for anything else... > But I am still puzzled - why? > > Any ideas? > > Igor >
8.5x11 is a standard paper size, I'd expect that 11x19 was more likely either 11x17 or 13x19 (both common paper sizes). The advent of inkjet printing has changed default print sizes for many but the traditional stores have not caught up with their stock. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
