Re: Is there an optimal aspect ratio range for the annual?

I was the adult supervision on a student trip organized by one of the instructors from where I was going to school at the community college when I was studying photography. He had taught in China for a couple of years previously on sabbatical & married a Chinese woman while he was there. We

Re: Is there an optimal aspect ratio range for the annual?

On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 6:29 PM, John wrote: Was there a difference between the tourist areas of Beijing and the rest of China? Most of the tipping I did was either within the Marriott Hotel City Wall and the tour driver and tour drive, who paid everything outside the

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Yeah. I just like the "divide by 5" method because if I'm feeling particularly stupid when the bill comes, I can just count on my fingers 5, 10, 15, 20 ... to figure it out and I don't have to worry about my shaky math skills. On 2/18/2017 3:26 PM, Paul in MKE wrote: Or...look at the total

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On 2/18/2017 6:10 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 18/2/17, John, discombobulated, unleashed: Tips are easy. Divide the whole number of dollars by 5. That's how many dollars tip to leave. If the remainder is more than .5 add another dollar. Some may consider that extravagant, but I find waiters &

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On 2/18/2017 11:23 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 1:12 AM, Brian Walters wrote: There were a couple of embarrassing moments on the first couple of days in the USA when we simply forgot that tipping was expected for almost any service. Not

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Or...look at the total bill, move the decimal one place to the left and double the result. Lots of ways to "skin a cat". :-) -p On 2/17/2017 11:19 PM, John wrote: Tips are easy. Divide the whole number of dollars by 5. That's how many dollars tip to leave. If the remainder is more than .5

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On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 1:12 AM, Brian Walters wrote: > There were a couple of embarrassing moments on the first couple of days > in the USA when we simply forgot that tipping was expected for almost > any service. > Not "almost every service," but many more than in

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On 2/18/2017 12:12 AM, Brian Walters wrote: On Sat, Feb 18, 2017, at 04:19 PM, John wrote: Tips are easy. Divide the whole number of dollars by 5. That's how many dollars tip to leave. If the remainder is more than .5 add another dollar. One of the the biggest problems we had in our 2013

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On 18/2/17, John, discombobulated, unleashed: >Tips are easy. Divide the whole number of dollars by 5. That's how many >dollars tip to leave. If the remainder is more than .5 add another dollar. > >Some may consider that extravagant, but I find waiters & waitresses >remember good tippers & you

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On Sat, Feb 18, 2017, at 04:19 PM, John wrote: > Tips are easy. Divide the whole number of dollars by 5. That's how many > dollars tip to leave. If the remainder is more than .5 add another > dollar. One of the the biggest problems we had in our 2013 visit to the USA was getting used to

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On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 12:19 AM, John wrote: > Tips are easy. Divide the whole number of dollars by 5. That's how many > dollars tip to leave. If the remainder is more than .5 add another dollar. > I agree. I am lazy, however, so I find it easier to move the decimal

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Tips are easy. Divide the whole number of dollars by 5. That's how many dollars tip to leave. If the remainder is more than .5 add another dollar. Some may consider that extravagant, but I find waiters & waitresses remember good tippers & you get better service over the long haul. Of course,

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I resisted posting that :-) ann On 2/17/2017 4:23 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: I think I will stick with 8x10, that should be close enough. On Feb 16, 2017, at 3:48 PM, Gonz wrote: so 4:5 then On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Bill wrote:

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I think I will stick with 8x10, that should be close enough. > On Feb 16, 2017, at 3:48 PM, Gonz wrote: > > so 4:5 then > > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Bill wrote: >> On 2/16/2017 12:59 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: >>> >>> Yes but..

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That's too challenging, out comes the phone. Bill * 1.20 = total.. hehe On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:58 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Gonz wrote: >> >> join the club my phone has ruined me with its nifty calculator app, >> now i cant even figure out a tip without fumbling with

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Gonz wrote: join the club my phone has ruined me with its nifty calculator app, now i cant even figure out a tip without fumbling with the phone Tips are easy, basically $3 for lunch, or for every $15-20 of the bill, or a buck for every $5-7. You could almost do it like converting miles

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join the club my phone has ruined me with its nifty calculator app, now i cant even figure out a tip without fumbling with the phone On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 6:04 PM, Bill wrote: > On 2/16/2017 2:48 PM, Gonz wrote: >> >> so 4:5 then > > > Sure. I've been a little

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On 2/16/2017 2:48 PM, Gonz wrote: so 4:5 then Sure. I've been a little math challenged lately. On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Bill wrote: On 2/16/2017 12:59 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Yes but.. best ratio would stay the same I think. (she who likes even

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017 10:02 AM To: Pentax-Discuss List Subject: Is there an optimal aspect ratio range for the annual? One of the photos I'm considering submitting is a panorama, which would probably end up rather tiny in a blurb book, so I ought to re-crop it. Would the editors like to comment on a range of

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. Perfect for a panorama. On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 3:10 AM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: What about a two page spread! Alan C -Original Message- From: Larry Colen Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 10:02 AM To: Pentax-Discuss List Subject: Is there an optimal aspect ratio

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so 4:5 then On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Bill wrote: > On 2/16/2017 12:59 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: >> >> Yes but.. best ratio would stay the same I think. (she who likes even >> borders) > > > The maximum pixel count is 2400x3000 landscape. I think that Mark

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On 2/16/2017 12:59 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Yes but.. best ratio would stay the same I think. (she who likes even borders) The maximum pixel count is 2400x3000 landscape. I think that Mark has thought this through pretty well (he's very good at this stuff) to make 12x15 the best ratio for

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Yes but.. best ratio would stay the same I think. (she who likes even borders) ann On 2/16/2017 1:55 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Except that they generally set up standard headers and footers which take up space on the page On February 16, 2017 6:36:15 AM PST, ann sanfedele

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Except that they generally set up standard headers and footers which take up space on the page On February 16, 2017 6:36:15 AM PST, ann sanfedele wrote: >Um the same aspect ration as a page in the book .. you got a copy, >right? :-) >ann > >On 2/16/2017 3:02 AM, Larry Colen

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Um the same aspect ration as a page in the book .. you got a copy, right? :-) ann On 2/16/2017 3:02 AM, Larry Colen wrote: One of the photos I'm considering submitting is a panorama, which would probably end up rather tiny in a blurb book, so I ought to re-crop it. Would the editors like to

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for a panorama. On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 3:10 AM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: > What about a two page spread! > > Alan C > > -Original Message- From: Larry Colen > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 10:02 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss List > Subject: Is there

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On 2/16/2017 2:02 AM, Larry Colen wrote: One of the photos I'm considering submitting is a panorama, which would probably end up rather tiny in a blurb book, so I ought to re-crop it. Would the editors like to comment on a range of aspect ratios that would work the best for the book? LRC

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What about a two page spread! Alan C -Original Message- From: Larry Colen Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 10:02 AM To: Pentax-Discuss List Subject: Is there an optimal aspect ratio range for the annual? One of the photos I'm considering submitting is a panorama, which would

Is there an optimal aspect ratio range for the annual?

One of the photos I'm considering submitting is a panorama, which would probably end up rather tiny in a blurb book, so I ought to re-crop it. Would the editors like to comment on a range of aspect ratios that would work the best for the book? LRC -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox