Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the Nikon D3 has a built in 5x4 mode to ease printing on 10x8. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:51 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: > Ratios..... Funny thing about ratios... there are a lot of standards.. > modern standards.... > > Square 1:1 ( lest you die laughing.... Hasselblad CF-V Digital back) > 24x36 2:3 > 645 4:3 > APX 4:3 > HD TV 16x9 > 5x7 5:7 > 8x10 4:5 > 8 1/2 x11 Whatever....but ALL digital paper is now in this aspect > ratio > 11x14 3:4 > 16x20 4:5 > 49x37 4:3 ( Hasselblad 22MP + 39MP Back)..... and what I think is the > most likely...... > > Of course there is the 14x17 and 17x22 paper formats and the various 120 > film formats sizes ( 6x7, 6x8, 6x12, 6x17) > > Probably a lot I forgot...... > > So format or proportion or aspect ratio or standard is not so uniform > across > the field..... > > The new R10 ratio could be any one of these...... any or, and think about > the nicety of this one.... ALL of them. > Just program the back to spit out whatever ratio it is you want...... > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >