Digital BW, The Print

As I said, it's a personal choice, so I'm not arguing one way or the 
other, but for me, even with cropping I almost always stay with the 
format that I shoot in.  That is because I frame to that format and 
plan on using the full frame.  The only exception is 6x6, mainly 
because I don't think in square.  When I was young and inexperienced 
I used to crop a lot and would crop to any aspect ratio that "fixed" 
my poorly framed shots... but now I am much more careful what I 
shoot, maybe because I've dealt with a lot of low rez digitals, scans 
and tiny film formats like Minox so I got in the habit of having to 
make every bit of my frame count and just work with each format.  
Just a different approach... not that I am "full-frame or nothing" 
nazi, but I just find that it it's how I work best with most images.  

The real bummer is that no one is offering paper in "legal size;" 
which would be perfect for a 8x12" print on my hp 7660.

mark 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jackperk" 
<jackperk@y...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Hahn" 
> <markhahn2000@y...> wrote:
> > this is a really personal question... but I personally always 
want to 
> > stay with the format that I shoot in, but when buying precut 
matts it 
> > is a lot cheaper to print in a standard size like 5x7" or 8x10".
> > 
> > 
> 
> That assumes that  you do no cropping. And there aren't many prints 
that I do not 
> crop in the process.
> 
> Jack