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02/11/2006 12:34:38 PM · #1 |
My camera shoots 3:2 (8X12). Most of my photographs are taken to fill the frame. Standard enlargement size is 8X10. Why?
Typically, a lab will produce 4X6s. Enlarged, that would be 8X12 not 8X10. And try finding a stock mat at 8X12. They have 9X12 (4.5X6), which makes NO sense to me. and 11X14. That's not the same as doubling a 5X7. A 10X14 would be.
Why is this? Who decided the standard mat and frame sizes? Why doesn't it make any sense? Are they assuming you will want to cut off or add to your image? Am I missing something here? I had to order some prints recently at 12X18 because it was the only way to get the entire picture. Guess I could enlarge the canvas but I still wouldn't be able to get anything but a custom mat.
BTW - the suggestions for Costco for printing were excellent. I uploaded at home (2 12X18 prints), ran some errands, then picked up my enlargements. I was VERY skeptical, especially at the $2.99 price, but they turned out amazingly well. They are on fuji paper...
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02/11/2006 01:34:46 PM · #2 |
that is a really good question. I have wondered the same thing. I compose the shot that I want in the viewfinder. I hate cropping my images but I often have to in order to mat and frame a print.
I would love to find a mat that works for my "non-standard" images. I hope someone on DPC has additional thoughts on this topic. |
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02/11/2006 01:38:08 PM · #3 |
The other alternative I have found is to buy a decent mat cutter, such as a Logan one. I was able to purchase a used one for $60 from a photographer that upgraded to one that would cut larger sizes.
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02/11/2006 01:39:52 PM · #4 |
*shrug* I have no idea
you still have other sizes that you don't need to crop like 10 x 15 and 20 x 30. |
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02/11/2006 01:57:06 PM · #5 |
I would think the reason for standard 4x5, 5x7, 8x10 etc. frames stems from tradition. Early cameras used those standard formats for film, when enlargement was primitive or non existant, contact to paper were the only way to make prints. Mass producers of frames followed that lead - I suppose. I don't know what came first, maybe based on another media altogether. Small camera formats, of which there are a lot kinds, were not considered because of the great variety of variations in l6 mm or 35mm or other rollfilm formats. Also small cameras have not been considered professional for more time than large format. The only solution to a alternative to standard prints for the variety of digital full frame formats is to seek out or be a custom printmaker and framemaker.
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Shinko CHC-S1245 is a pro dye-sub printer, costs a lot money, is advertised as having 8"x12" capability.
Message edited by author 2006-02-13 09:23:01. |
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