I've always wondered if the Lumière Brothers made their motion picture
cameras have a 1.66:1 ratio because that is the ratio of a 3x5 postcard
and probably the film in their still cameras was for that. So their
early films (which I have on DVD) were widescreen in the 1890s compared
to Edison's square aspect ratio which is really only good for talking
heads. Sydney Pollack on aspect ratios (he even considered 1:85:1 "square"):
https://youtu.be/kxdWKIfxLNA
Of course there have been a number of different aspect ratios over the
years. Some of the Netflix "originals" like "House of Cards" are shot
2:1 aspect ratio.
http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/
On 04/15/2015 10:57 AM, [email protected] [FairfieldLife] wrote:
As you can see from this photo I made yesterday on a walk, the Golden
Ratio (1.61803398875...) fits perfectly over the image. Can anyone see
the Leprechauns? As with anything, the mind can interpret what it sees
as what it wants to see, regardless of whether or not that
interpretation makes any sense whatsoever. The Golden Ratio is just a
ratio with a particular set of properties. For many years the standard
wide-screen motion picture ratio was 1:1.85 and the standard 35mm
still film camera ratio was 1:1.5.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/128403093@N07/16971415178/
