Cotty, In some sense, a standard size has emerged. 4X6 is basically uncropped 35mm aspect ratio. It is the overwhelming choice by 35mm shooters. Remember the vast majority of them are using P&S cameras and not getting enlargements. The number of 5X7's and 8X10's that are made probably come from larger formats.
I suspect Will Robb can give us some numbers on blowups from 35mm film at his lab. Bruce Tuesday, February 18, 2003, 4:23:12 AM, you wrote: C> Just moving on from the thread about cropping (or not) and printing on C> 12X8 (or not)... C> One question that pops up from time to time is this: with the aspect C> ratio of the 35mm frame, why is the 'standard' print aspect ratio the way C> it is on a 'standard' 10X8 print? C> Is this because (as I suspect) the print size of 10X8 harks back to the C> days when photographs were contact-printed straight from a 10X8 glass C> neg? Then why, when 35 mm was introduced, did not a suitable 'standard' C> print size comparable with the aspect ratio if the 35mm frame also come C> into being? C> IMO the 10X8 print size means little to me. The aspect ratio of my C> finished print is entirely dependent on the crop I choose during the C> [now] Photoshop editing process, or [then] the enlarging process. I have C> always cropped where I consider appropriate. The finished item is the C> print - nothing else matters. C> Cheers, C> Cotty C> ____________________________________ C> Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! C> http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ C> ____________________________________ C> Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at C> http://www.macads.co.uk/ C> ____________________________________
