Digital BW, The Print

Insofar as I know there is no way to avoid custom mat cutting.  For one
thing, prints have to be elevated slightly (bottom margin slightly more than
top margin) for the eye to perceive optical center.  All the pre-cut mats I
have seen have the window cut dead center in the mat.

Ken 

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> Behalf Of steveh0607
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 8:03 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Matting and Framing
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I shoot digital (Nikon D70). The aspect ratio of this camera 
> is not the same as a film camera. For instance, if I set the 
> image height for 10 inches, the width will be 6.67 (to keep 
> the proper aspect ratio). As best I know, I have to oversize 
> the print then monkey around with the cropping to get an 
> 8x10. Most of the time I don't like to crop because I'm 
> careful about in-camera framing.
> 
> However, precut matts are all sized for film camera aspect 
> ratios (8x10, 11x14, etc).
> 
> So....I have to get my matts custom cut to fit the print. 
> This is expensive.
> 
> Is there something I'm not getting? Is there a way around 
> this problem, or do I have to keep getting custom cut matts?
> 
> Help!
> 
> Steve
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