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RE: [OM] Is 4x6 the real standard?

Subject: RE: [OM] Is 4x6 the real standard?
From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 21:16:28 +1300
Hi Folks,

AgSchnozz wrote

> 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.  (snip)  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?"

I have a lot of agreement with AG.

Until I joined the ranks of Bob Gries' "Summer Exchange" I had never 
enlarged any of my photos up to anything bigger than 5 x 7.

Now I get real pleasure from getting some done at 8 x 12  and 6 x 8. Many 
thanks to Bob, for unwittingly showing me a way to appreciate my own 
shots. The take on a new dimension (visually as well as size !!).

Downside? It's a bit like Zuikoholism - I have to watch what I order or the A/C 
gets a bit high. It's addictive.

Brian

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