You don't need "custom prints" to crop.
Just a straight edge and a sharp knife.
tOM
On Thursday, August 22, 2002 at 20:18, John A. Lind
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wrote re "Shift Lenses - was [OM] Hiking Advi" saying:
> At 20:56 8/21/02, Winsor Crosby wrote:
>
> >If you can resist tilting a very wide angle lens upwards I don't think you
> >need a shift lens. There are very few parallel lines in a natural
> >environment. It depends on whether you want much foreground in the
> >picture. I think foreground anchors the picture. Level 21, 24, 28mm
> >lenses will take superb pictures.
> >--
> >Winsor Crosby
> >Long Beach, California
>
> This might be acceptable if you're willing to live with the necessity to
> crop, limited enlargement and the associated costs. Cropping requires
> custom lab work unless one owns their own darkroom. Having custom prints
> made is very expensive, even small 4x6's. The same size "commercial"
> prints which are done the same way, using the same print materials, without
> any cropping, dodging or burning are much less expensive. In addition, if
> one is after large prints, it limits maximum print size because a smaller
> negative is being used. As a result of cost and desire to maximize print
> size, I prefer doing ***everything*** in camera. Hence, the use of a shift
> lens when it enables achieving a visualization using a full film frame.
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