Sorry, Bob, I didn't mean intentionally to be a jackass by eliding text. I don't seriously suggest that I (or anyone) would prefer to hold 24x36" images in my (their) hands to view them, or to offer that size as an alternative to a 7" diagonal image. In my haste to make a point, I omitted clarity.
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice bit of selective quoting. You can look at pictures any size you like, > and so can Larry whose 7" screen you poo-pooed. I merely pointed out, in > support of Larry's idea, that the optimum size for viewing under normal > conditions is closer to his 7" than to your preferred 24x36". This provoked > a snarky reply to which I replied snarkily. > > However, if you wish to see the whole of your 24x36" picture without > scanning then assuming your eyesight is within normal human parameters you > will need to view it from a distance of about 8', whether you like that or > not. But of course that's up to you. > > B > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Bruce Walker >> Sent: 27 June 2012 22:18 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: This might be a good way of showing off my photos >> >> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > My reference for the dimensions 6x4" - which I offer you even though >> > this is just an informal mailing list rather than a peer-reviewed >> > scientific publication that requires such references - is >> > >> > Harald Mante, Photo Design. Picture Composition for Black and White >> > Photography, trans. E F Linssen SZS FRES FRPS (New York, Van Nostrand >> > Reinhold Company, 1971), 10 >> > >> > To the best of my knowledge the format of this reference conforms to >> > Chicago Manual of Style guidelines, even though this is just an >> > informal mailing list rather than a peer-reviewed scientific >> > publication that requires such conformance, but if you think I have >> > got this wrong please do not hesitate to point out my error and I >> will endeavour to correct it. >> > >> > B >> >> Whoa! That settles it: I'm just going to have to adjust my preferences >> now. Here I was cheerfully cavorting around with my wild, unschooled >> and untutored ideas about how much I like seeing images bigger when >> here it has been formalized -- in print! -- since 1971. >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
