"Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I crop (or not) to make the subject look the way I think it should. I think >there is too much emphasis on "standard" sizes anyway.
Michael Reichmann of the Luminous Landscape web site has said "The camera manufacturer has no right in the world to tell me what height-to-width ratio my photos are going to be!" I agree completely. I try to frame my shots to use the frame of the format I'm using at the time, simply to minimize the amount of magnification (and resulting grain/noise) in the final print. But if that doesn't work I have no philosophical problem. I've done square format, 3:4 ratio and 4:5 ratio prints from 35mm film. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
