[pure-silver] Re: matting square prints
- From: Howard Efner <hfefner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:47:08 -0700
At 03:24 AM 2/23/2005, you wrote:
>Dear Shannon,
>
> Troublemaker.
Dearest Uncle,
There are a few simple solutions to the square print problem - when all
else fails, confound 'em! Turn the paper 45 degrees on the enlarger table
so the image falls on the diagonals rather than the edges and either: (a)
cut the mat window rotated 45 degrees to the usual axis, or (b) mount it
square in a square frame and hang it from a corner! That will drive a few
visiting Aunts nuts as they try to make it hang square on the wall.
Another alternative is to simply make round prints. Know of one individual
here who has a hyperfocal hand held 8x10 with a 90mm lens - 3 ft to
infinity at f/16 and it weighs less than 5 pounds. Nothing like large
format point and shoot :-)
The corner hanging method has a certain economy, you only need one thumb
tack or staple. One needs to restrict bug hunting to the 1/4 inch crown
staple guns. The big pneumatic ones firing 1/2 or 5/8 inch by 2 inch
staples are just not sporting. Sort of like using a H&H .600 nitro express
on a mouse.
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