If printing a 35mm negative on 8x10 paper, is it most common to enlarge the image to cover the entire paper (thus cropping ), or is it common to leave a bit of white space on the edges, say an 1/8'' or so? Hopefully that makes sense.
Thanks,
Mark
The way I think about this is, the world around us does not fit neatly into 2x3 (35mm ratio) or 4x5 (8x10, 11x14, 16x20 ratio). So why force myself to express them as such? Waste some paper/film maybe but so what? I'd like my image to look its best - simple as that. It'll be silly to capture way too much and crop very heavily but other than that, I have no problems with cropping as much as I need. Dirty borders are neat as well but that's a whole different area.
The 1:1.25 aspect of 4x5 film, for example, reminds me of a trash can or my Italian grandfather. Short and squat. Even worse is the 6x7 size. Horrible thing.
Anytime arbitrary "rules" are imposed, it will eventually (if not sooner) impinge on creativity.
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reminds me of a trash can or my Italian grandfather.
I don't see why you're doing all those letter things. Everything you've posted on this thread agrees with my post.
Sorry, Sirius. I missed the "as clearly refuted by" sentence. I knew we agreed...
After seeing Sandy King's article in View Camera on Sam Wang's circular photographs I've been tempted to experiment with this too. A complete break from rectangles entirely:
http://www.btzs.org/Gallery/SamWang/
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?111102-Why-rectangular
The netherworld must be freezing over because I agree completely with Sirius.Use what works for the scene and be free to be creative.
The netherworld must be freezing over because I agree completely with Sirius.
The 1:1.25 aspect of 4x5 film, for example, reminds me of a trash can or my Italian grandfather. Short and squat. Even worse is the 6x7 size. Horrible thing.
4x5 and 6x7 film are the same 1.25 aspect ratio.
4x5 and 6x7 film are the same 1.25 aspect ratio.
Don't quibble about the facts when crossing a bridge with troll living under it.
4x5 and 6x7 film are the same 1.25 aspect ratio.
That's what I usually go for.RalphLambrecht said:I use as much of the paper Ican but crop with a masking frame to get thin straight-edged cleanborders.
Umm... Is my math wrong? Because 5/4 = 1.25 and 7/6 = 1.16... so... not the same (close enough depends on what you're trying to do - dividing a pizza, sure; posting on the internet, Dear God no).
No, your math is good. They are not the same.
Don't quibble about the facts when crossing a bridge with troll living under it.
You'd be surprised at how many people think 6x7cm cameras produce images that are 6x7cm in size.
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