Digital BW, The Print

>But those square-root-of-two-to-one aspect ratio sizes are really ugly in
>portrait orientation. No classical painter ever painted a portrait with 
>that
>aspect ratio. 8.5x11 may not be perfect, but it's closer to the traditional
>4:3 ratio.

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>Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
>Paul                mailto:pderocco@...


You just haven't met enough people with long skinny faces ;-)

Actually I find the idea of a "standard" paper format to be especially 
puzzling now with the various sensor sizes cropping up in cameras. I know 
that the majority tend towards 4:3 (the Canon at 3:2 being an exception).

The last time I spent any extended period in a darkroom most I what I was 
printing was cut from rolls . . . so the standard size was whatever fit that 
day! A nice and easy solution . . . of sorts.

all the best

Paul Aparycki