[rollei_list] Re: S2 format

Even assuming that the supposition has merit (which I do not), I am
very dubious of the claim of being able to spot the differences
between cameras in a body of work on any kind of consistent basis...


Eric Goldstein

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On 9/24/08, Marvin Wallace <Marvin0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> For one with an experienced eye it is quite easy to spot a body of work on
> display, which is done with different cameras, as the subtle aspects of the
> photographs which bind the collection together are not unified. The worst
> thing to do in my opinion is to try to edit the ratio of the photograph's
> either with the enlarger of a knife.
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> If you prefer to work with images one at a time, that's good for you.
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> I do tend to think in terms of large bodies of photographs and how they will
> fit together, but I'm not a commercial photographer I am coming from a fine
> art background.
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> Regards,
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> Marvin.
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> I try to take each picture one at a time.  I had a bunch of stuff on a wall
> recently, and I was pleased with myself for having matching frames and
> matting. But they were all basically 16x20 cut to either 4:5 or 2:3, and
> frankly, it was a little boring. I want to do 20X24 based prints, but I
> think I should probably start making 11x14's again too.  I will continue to
> try to make each picture look as good as I can, regardless of which camera
> I'm using, and let the catalog take care of itself
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> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Marvin Wallace <Marvin0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> Marvin Wallace
>  One of the motivations for getting the "correct" ratio, is that if you
>  continually change cameras (like me), you end up with a catalogue of work
>  that doesn't fit together very well. You perhaps will have beautiful 6 X 6
>  portraits and then 2.4 x 3.6 portraits done with a nice lens such as a
>  summicron 90.
>  Though I have been unable to live up to my own ideal, it is good to use as
>  few cameras as possible, so I would argue against the many ratio's are good
>  hypothesis.
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