Photographic terminology and words you hate.

Steve Smith · Apr 30, 2014

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Steve Smith · Apr 30, 2014

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dehk · Apr 30, 2014

Giclée.

Black Dog · May 1, 2014

RalphLambrecht · May 1, 2014

I hate the Brits for reversing format dimensions as in 5x4.They are just backwards.and I have news for them;the sun has set on the Bitish empire.In fact, a long time ago.You just slept through itand still live n the past.so just get it it's 4x5and 8x10!getit?gotit? good!

RalphLambrecht · May 1, 2014

forget it.the Germans gave up their language a while ago to sound in and cool.don't know why but genglishhas taken over.Yes 'shoot exists in English an so does 'location'.

RalphLambrecht · May 1, 2014

Steve Smith · May 2, 2014

RalphLambrecht said:
it's 4x5and 8x10!getit?gotit? good!

It's always X (horizontal) by Y (vertical) so it's 5 x 4.

All coordinates, graph designations. etc. I can think of always put the horizontal element first.

Steve.

baachitraka · May 2, 2014

Portrait: 4x5
Landscape: 5x4

No worries, just shoot square.

Roger Cole · May 2, 2014

Steve Smith said:
It's always X (horizontal) by Y (vertical) so it's 5 x 4.

All coordinates, graph designations. etc. I can think of always put the horizontal element first.

Steve.

For whatever reason the US standard for photography has always been to put the short dimension first. 5x4 and 10x8 do sound weird to us, but I imagine 4x5 and 8x10 sound equally odd to people who are used to the other version.

Steve Smith · May 2, 2014

Roger Cole said:
For whatever reason the US standard for photography has always been to put the short dimension first. 5x4 and 10x8 do sound weird to us, but I imagine 4x5 and 8x10 sound equally odd to people who are used to the other version.

The strange thing is that whilst I always use 5x4, I also usually say 8x10 rather than 10x8 which is a bit odd.

Metric sizes too are normally quoted short side first, whatever the country. e.g. 24mm x 36mm, 6x9, 6,12, etc. These are all vertical first. It would be silly to describe a panoramic camera as 17x6 although entirely logical!

Steve Smith said:
All coordinates, graph designations. etc. I can think of always put the horizontal element first.

I seem to have proven myself wrong by finding more exceptions to the rule than things which adhere to it. A bit like the i before e except after c fallacy.

Steve.

Roger Cole · May 2, 2014

Steve Smith said:
I seem to have proven myself wrong by finding more exceptions to the rule than things which adhere to it. A bit like the i before e except after c fallacy.

Steve.

"...or when sounded as 'a' as in 'neighbor' and 'weigh'...unless it's weird."

With that expansion it's usually correct.

pbromaghin · May 2, 2014

Steve Smith said:
It's always X (horizontal) by Y (vertical) so it's 5 x 4.

All coordinates, graph designations. etc. I can think of always put the horizontal element first.

Steve.

But what if you have a rotating back?

cliveh · May 2, 2014

pbromaghin said:
But what if you have a rotating back?

Then it's 5" X 4" portrait.

RalphLambrecht · May 2, 2014

Steve Smith said:
It's always X (horizontal) by Y (vertical) so it's 5 x 4.

All coordinates, graph designations. etc. I can think of always put the horizontal element first.

Steve.

people ,living on islands do all things differently for some reason(British logic escapes mesometimes)

RalphLambrecht · May 2, 2014

good reasons to stick to6x6.

Thomas Bertilsson · May 2, 2014

RalphLambrecht said:
good reasons to stick to6x6.

Another favorite term, as they say in America: two and a quarter by two and a quarter.

Truzi · May 2, 2014

RalphLambrecht said:
good reasons to stick to6x6.

I'm not sure if that works, though. Here in the States the 6 would be one axis, while in Europe it would be the other.

E. von Hoegh · May 2, 2014

RalphLambrecht said:
people ,living on islands do all things differently for some reason(British logic escapes mesometimes)

What do you expect? They build their houses with 4x2s.
I wonder if an English 4x2 really measures 3 3/4x1 3/4??

E. von Hoegh · May 2, 2014

Truzi said:
I'm not sure if that works, though. Here in the States the 6 would be one axis, while in Europe it would be the other.

Good point. There'd be a lot of threads asking which way to put the negatives in the scanner...

Steve Smith · May 2, 2014

E. von Hoegh said:
I wonder if an English 4x2 really measures 3 3/4x1 3/4??

Cut - no, planed - yes.

When timber yards went metric, it was sold in multiples of 300mm length. This was referred to as a metric foot!

Steve.

SMBooth · May 2, 2014

I hate seeing the word discontinued in a sentence with the word
film in it.

michaelfoto · May 4, 2014

I hate abbreviations. They are often meaningless if english is not your first language.
Regards Michael, from Denmark.

cliveh · May 4, 2014

Bill Burk · May 4, 2014

"dust specks in the camera"

Not that the phrase is bad per-se... just hate when it happens

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