I think you are a half century late there, Peter. Once again you are arguing with someone who is basically agreeing with you. You seem to do that a lot lately. 2:3 predates film by several decades.
P. J. Alling wrote: > 120 Roll film was invented by Kodak in the late 1890's You should look > at the formats most of those old folders which took 120 film..2 1/4 x 3 > 1/4 on 120 size was quite common. I can point to a few examples the > Kodak Autographic and early Folding Brownies between 1919-1929, the > actual image size is ~56mm x ~84mm, (with some incidental variation), > which reduces nicely down to 2x3 or 6x9. > > graywolf wrote: >> 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 was a quarter 5x7 plate just as 3-1/4 x 4-1/4 was a quarter >> 6-1/2 >> x 8-1/2 plate and 4x5 was a quarter 8x10 plate. Those were the 2:3, 3:4, and >> 4:5 >> ratios that are still pretty much standard today and go back to the early >> days >> of photography when those full plate sizes were the standard size pieces of >> glass that were available. >> >> >> P. J. Alling wrote: >> >>> Heck, I've finally learned to compose for the 35mm frame, and unlike >>> some people I know the 6x9 format well predates the popularity of 35mm >>> double frame cameras. >>> >>> John Sessoms wrote: >>> >>>> From: Toralf Lund >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> graywolf wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Or something like a 24x30 or 24x32 frame? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Or 24x28, even? >>>>> >>>>> Yes, a change of aspect ratio would be interesting. I wonder what the >>>>> reaction would be... >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Stunned horror followed by extreme outrage. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
