I'm going to snip a lot from what is below and then weave....
Paul Stenquist wrote:
I discourage my print customers from ordering 8 x 10s of my photos, and instead
urge them to go with 8 x 12s, since I shoot to that ratio. Most good framing
and photo stores now have pre-cut 8 x 12 mats that are 11 x 14 on the outside.
I find these perfect for framing in 11 x 14 frames. I nver frame a print
without a mat.
Paul
I never frame a print without a mat either... well, almost never, it
aint good for the print but if it is just for me I sometimes do.
On Feb 12, 2011, at 12:06 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
I also would challenge this statement:
"Many cameras today record photographs in roughly a 3:2 ratio. This
means that the long side is 1.5 times as long as the short side. This is
the reason 4x6 has become a popular print size."
I believe the reason (or to be exact, one of the main reasons) why 4x6
has become a popular print size is that the negative size on the 35mm
film was 24x36mm, which has the same aspect ratio.
Yup -- Though it could be a chicken/egg thing here, no?
More over, most sensor sizes (except those of DSLRs) are 4:3:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0210/02100402sensorsizes.asp .
Cheers,
Igor
One of the reasons I'm happily back with Pentax gear is the aspect ratio
- as I shot
with that ratio for a good 40 years before brief lapse in to the dark
side. (All though I still
have a point and shot with the 4:3) But...
In terms of printing... I never print any photos to the edge of the
paper.. and the aspect ratio
of any photo I print is what looks best to my eye for the subject at
hand or to crop out distracrting
elements... I like to see a wide border around my photos and also for
handling them one never touches the
surface of the image. Matting is much easier if the paper you printed
on gives you a bit of an edge to handle
and use for securing the print to the back mat.
ann
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