Digital BW, The Print

Why not do ~ 11 or 12 by 22-24. You could then print them easily on
24" roll paper cut to size. If you don't need more than 30-40 years
longevity you can use eem. I do 17x40's and work on matting and
framing on the floor on a piece of coated hardboard from your local
nameless home supply co. Just stash it in the closet when not in use.
You can buy an inexpensive Dexter matt cutter and roll your own matts
as well. Cut frames are available online for quite reasonable prices
and you can buy inexpensive corner clamps to hold them together for
gluing and corner brads. Get glass at your local glass supply house
and use Elmers glue and craft paper to finish them. Archival matts and
backing boards are also available online. Diamond points  used with a
putty knife are also available from most Michaels and similar type
stores or you can buy your own point setter.
As to size, I personaly think the photo dictates both the size and the
proportions of any print. Imho of course.

Best.
Duane.







--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Sam McCandless
<samcc@v...> wrote:
> At 8:07 AM +0000 2/10/05, colingruk wrote:
> >I am planning to start taking panoramas and investigating papers on
> >which to print them. [snip]
> 
> Colin is way ahead of me. Incidental to brooding about wide-angle 
> lenses, I'm just starting to think about panoramic prints and 
> wondering whether there are any conventional formats for their 
> presentation, especially if those conventions have implications for 
> equipment or produce derivative economies in materials.
> 
> However panoramic prints have usually been shaped, I'd also like to 
> have references to relatively small examples of panoramic work. If I 
> try my hand, I'd do my own matting and framing. And I don't have much 
> room to do it in. For example, at about 11x14 in 16x20, I'm "maxed 
> out". What I'm really wondering is what those limits might become in 
> the case of panoramic images.
> 
> Thanks.
> --
> Sam, who's planning his spring excursions to the Southwest