On Sep 9, 6:11 pm, Mike Christie <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Does anyone know of a lab that makes prints the size and aspect ratio
> of the image from the D70, and not just the standard film camera
> ratios, such as 5 x 7, 8 x 10, 16 x 20, etc.?
>
> If I look at my image in Photoshop as a .psd, it shows 12.53 in x 8.33
> in. I'd like to get a print larger that what my letter-sized inkjet
> will do. If I have a standard lab (Shutterfly, etc.) do it, I have to
> do 10 x 8 or 20 x 16. That means more cropping on the width than I
> really want to do. What I'd really like to do is have the image
> printed as 25 x 16.6. Are there any labs that will do that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
> Mike Christie
> mike [at] csquared [dot] com
The formats you mentioned are not actually film formats per se. Few of
the sizes you mentioned were the aspect for 35mm, the most popular
film format for the past half century. Each film format had its OWN
aspect ratio. Thus there was always a problem
This same problem has occurred for many, many decades. Serious
amateurs who printed their own work used print easels that adjusted so
you could print on various sized papers and leave a desired white
border. In those days a white border was the thing (I won't get into
the technical reason for it). As borderless prints became more
common, life actually got easier, 'cause you could just print the neg
and trim it.
So folks always (or usually) trimmed their prints. One can still trim
photos, with a straight edge and X-acto knife. The only problem is if
you use regular storebought frames. In that case, you need to crop
carefully so the print will fit the frame.
Many folks keep in mind the popular frame sizes when composing the
print. If this is something they want framed, they shoot/compose with
the frame aspect ratio in mind. Otherwise, just shoot, and crop after
seeing the print.
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