[LRflex] Re: Random thoughts on photo processing...

Totally true!

In Europe a 10x14 cm print is quite common (as is 10x15 cm) , it should be
10x13,3 cm to mach the 4:3 ratio.

I shoot with Nikon and do prints occasionally, but Spela`s Canon P&S shots
never see the paper - she preferes to watch them on the LCD :-(

Miha




2009/2/25 David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Fellow Flexers...
>
> With the Ritz Camera failure, my mind has been brought back to a thought
> which has often bothered me.
>
> The entire photo processing industry is complaining that digital
> photographers are not printing their photos at their local drug stores and 1
> hr. labs.
>
> For years, the industry did very well, processing the  ubiquitous 4x6"
> print from a standard 2:3 format, 35mm negative.
>
> However, in this day and age, I am willing to bet that the vast majority of
> digital cameras are of the 4:3 ratio --- from 4/3rds mount dSLRs down to the
> vast majority point and shoots.  And it's the P&S market which provides the
> bulk of the printing business.
>
> You'd think, after a decade, that they'd offer a print format which handles
> the 4:3 ratio.  But, they don't.   At my lab, the smallest print I can get,
> in 4:3 ratio is the 6x8" enlargement, at triple the price of a regular
> print.  Rather makes me unwilling to "buy 'em by the bag", as McDonalds
> burgers used to be sold.
>
> I've often wondered why they don't simply offer a 6x4-1/2" print (if the
> paper used is 6" wide) or, once again, offer the old style, 4x5" print, (if
> the paper roll is 4" wide).  Ok, so the print should really be 4x5.2", but
> most people wouldn't be bothered by the missing 1/10th of an inch (0.254
> cm), on two of the 4 sides!  Heck, most lose more than that in every
> borderless print!  But they do complain having to put their 4:3 image on a
> 3:2 format print, because they often have to cut off heads, or make other
> compromises in the composition.
>
> There is no reason such prints could not be offered within pennies of the
> same price as the 4x6 print and would do much to encourage people to get
> "drug store prints", once again.
>
> Most labs used to provide 4x5" prints when virtually everything was from
> 35mm film. Eventually, they realized that a 4x6" print better suited peoples
> needs.  All they need to do now, is offer the 4x5" print (for P&S & 4/3rds
> users) alongside the 4x6" one (for 35mm and most dSLR users).
>
> I don't understand why the processing industry continues to fail to provide
> a product to that would meet the majority of people's needs, and then
> continue to complain that people are not buying what they don't want!
>
> Cheers!
>
> David.
>
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