Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/27

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Subject: [Leica] How are folks handling non-standard matting issues?
From: johnbeeching at gmail.com (John Beeching)
Date: Thu Oct 27 04:34:40 2005
References: <4cfa589b0510261252i20c82507od8429d44cbe332f1@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Adam,

The 35mm aspect ratio is very close to the international A sizes - A4,
A3, etc.  Frames for these are common.

John

On 26/10/05, Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been working hard to use as much of the frame as I can so I
> don't have to crop.
>
> This presents a problem because, as we all know, 35mm is NOT a 5 x 7
> or 8 x 10 aspect ratio.
>
> Shooting pictures that I'm giving to family I get a complaint that
> they are expensive to frame because they have to be custom matted and
> framed.
>
> Are there sources for 35mm aspect-ration friendly mattes and frames?
>
> I guess I'm just grumpy today. I don't want to do the matte cutting
> and then have it tossed away because it's not going to fit a standard
> frame.
>
> Adam
>
>
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John Beeching
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