[rollei_list] Re: (mOT) - Printing square from bureau - and metric issues

  • From: chatanooga@xxxxxxxxx
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:20:49 +0100

Okay its a roll - wonder why one shop had the cheek to charge a 20x30cm
price for a 20cmx20 print!

On 1/17/07, chatanooga@xxxxxxxxx <chatanooga@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks folks for these comprehensive answers
rgds
Chat

On 1/17/07, Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Kodak Premium roll photographic paper uses the
> Imperial sizes with exact conversion into metric,
> perhaps the labs round the sizes; for example:
>
> 24" x 100' (60.9cm x 30.5m)  1439942
> 36" x 100' ( 91.4cm x 30.5m)  8542003
> 42" x 100' (106.7cm x 30.5m)  8599185
> 50" x 100' (127cm x 30.5m)  1638436
> 60" x 100' (152.4cm x 30.5m)  8833782
> Short Roll
> 36" x 16.4' (91.4cm x 5m)
>
> Ilford uses the metric system, for example:
>
> 1129296
> XILD.1K 10.2cmx150m 1 C76O
> 1129306
> XILD.1K 12.7cmx150m 1 C76O
> 1129315
> XILD.1K 21cmx75m 1C76O
> 1129324
> XILD.1K 25.4cmx75m 1 C76O
> 1129333
> XILD.1K 30.5cmx50m 1 C76O
> 1129342
> XILD.1K 50.8cmx50m 1C76O
> 1129351
> XILD.1K 76.2cmx30.5m 1C76I
> 1129360
> XILD.1K 81.3cmx30.5m 1C76I
> 1129966
> XILD.1K 86.4cmx30.5m 1C76I
> 1129379
> XILD.1K 101.6cmx30.5m 1C76I
> 1129388
> XILD.1K 105cmx30.5m 1 C76I
> 1129397
> XILD.1K 127cmx30.5m 1 C76I
>
> I have color prints from my lab 15x15cm(rounded),
> 18x18cm (rounded)21x21cm (rounded) and 50x50cm
> (rounded), the prints don't cover 100% of the negative
> image area, but it happens for the 35mm negs too.
>
> All the best
> Carlos
>
> --- chatanooga@xxxxxxxxx escribió:
>
> > Folks
> > I have a few square (of course!) prints I'd like to
> > get from a Frontier/
> > Noritsu type shop (ie no frills but pretty good
> > quality). I'm based in
> > Holland for a few months and there seems to be a
> > small selection of square
> > print sizes available in the region of 20-25cm? Or
> > is it the case that this
> > aspect ration is printed on the next 3:2 size up and
> > then guillotined? Of
> > course I can ask but in the nature of these bureaus
> > this knowledge mightnt
> > always be available. Another thing that I'm curious
> > about is whether the
> > paper sizes used are actually imperial and the
> > quoted cm figure is a round
> > up? This might be relevant to avoid excessive
> > re-scaling by the printshop,
> > etc.
> > regards
> > Chat
> >
> > (mOT) - mildly off topic
> >
>
>
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