I feel so dumb having to admit that I usually print at 4 x 6, used to make
do with 3 x 5.
----- Original Message -----
From: "AG Schnozz" <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 7:32 AM
Subject: [OM] Is 4x6 the real standard?
> Are 4x6 prints the real standard for comparision? Have we
> reduced ourselved to this point?
>
> The average "consumer" is fat, dumb and happy with cheezeball
> prints from "disposables", 320x160 pixel digitals, Poloroid
> prints and <hack, hack> Kodak "Disk Cameras". We're better than
> that, folks! We're a special breed--we shoot OMs.
>
> If all you are interested in is 4x6 prints, you are not worthy
> of the OM system. Period. You're a show-off, a techno-weenie
> or a wannabe. Get a digital camera (anything will do) or
> wonderwidget camera. Why? Because at 4x6 or smaller, you will
> never see a reason to shoot film faster than ISO 800. You will
> never need a super-wide-angle lens as the detail is so small
> you'd never make out what you photographed anyway.
>
> The quality of the pictures from nearly any camera will be
> acceptable to all but the pickiest of us at 4x6. Who cares
> about MC vs SC lenses or which serial number of 50/1.8 is
> sharpest. It's all meaningless! It's like getting all carried
> away over multi-spot exposure control with the OM-4Ti when you
> are just shooting Kodak MAX anyway.
>
> We OM users need to be a special breed. Stop limiting our
> "output" to the least common demoninator. Get out of the rut
> and buy photo albums that take 5x7 and 8x10 sheet inserts. Buy
> enlargements and hang them on your walls. Get into visualizing
> the final outcome other than a small machine print from
> Wal-Mart. Shoot B&W!
>
> There's nothing like a nice 11x14 to grace the walls to make you
> appreciate WHY we shoot with the OM system. Frankly, I don't
> like 8x10 prints--they're too small.
>
> If you limit your "world", anything will do. If you're happy
> with what you are currently getting, you are not expecting
> enough from yourself or your photography.
>
> Ask yourself this question: Are you "Zuiko-worthy?"
>
> AG-Schnozz
>
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