I have solved this.
I take all of my pix in landscape and then scan and print in portrait as
needed. This does lose some of the negative area but has a number of
advantages:
1. no contortions in taking the pix
2. no additional loss of neg area due to cropping / adjusting less than
straight verticals caused by 1
3. no need to carry a tripod hoping to resolve resolve 1 and 2
4. no contortions or repositioning on the light box in viewing the negs
5. all prints from the processor are viewed in the same orientation as
supplied and they stack better
6. same as above for slides
7. smaller end pix due to reduced quality from smaller negative area saves
on costs
Extending on point 7, I'm trying to find a processor who will dev and
contact only colour (sorry color) neg. My wife can then have these and a
magnifying glass while I get to play with the negs.
Which does lead me to another vexing question.... how and why do they make
Zuiko lenses to give an oblong image on film? Why can't we just turn the
lens 90 degree to give a portrait shape on the film and thus save film?
Regards
Ian
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Robert Gries
Sent: 09 September 2002 16:59
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] [OT] Portrait vs Landscapel: A plea for help
Chris:
I recently noticed the same thing myself. To solve this I purchased an
XA and am eager to see the results. I suspect that a small investment
in a P&S will help you grab the shots you need with the least amount of
wrist strain. After all, for the "serious" work you use a tripod, no!?
;)
Bob "vertical" Gries
<snip>
Dear Folks,
I realised with a shock the other day that all the prints I've put on =
the wall of my office are portrait orientation.
So, I went back to my contact sheets and counted up the numbers of =
portrait and landscape shots I've taken since starting to do BandW back
=
in February.
To my surprise 60% are portrait.
The question is:
a) Is this curable?
b) Should I seek a cure?
c) Should I buy a Pen FT?
If c) then:
a) Will I carry on taking portrait shots, but suffer less wrist
ache?
b) Start taking 600rizontal shots?
c) Be too confused to take any photos?
Worried of Malvern
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