Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I see, you want all the paper mills, copying machines, stationary print shops, fax machines, etc etc etc to change to adapt to the 35mm format. Hmmmm - --- Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net> wrote: > I think the real question is why are paper sizes > inflexible? 35mm never > fit on an 8X10 sheet. What's the most popular film > size in the world? > What sense does it make to print the most popular > film size, 35mm, on > odd sized paper? > > 4X6? Where did that come from. Minilabs are a recent > enough that they > could have chosen to print 35mm full frame. Has > Kodak, the company that > brings us different film formats every five or ten > years, been asleep at > helm? Or is there something sinister going on? > > Allan > > > On Saturday, February 9, 2002, at 10:07 PM, Phil > Stiles wrote: > > > In medium format, Fuji rangefinders give one a > choice of 6X9 or 6X7. The > > 6X7 prints on standard 8X10 or 11X14 enlarging > paper. While the > > so-called "letterbox" format of standard 35mm is > well established, I've > > often wondered why some manufacturer doesn't > produce the 6X7 ratio > > negative for 35mm. One would get quite a few more > shots on a "36 > > exposure" roll (can someone do the math?) and > wouldn't loose the ends of > > the frame when printing to 4X6 at the one hour > lab. Probably half my > > prints are cropped out of the full frame negative. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html