Hmmm. I hadn't considered the 4/3 format problem with commercial
printers. And the P&S cameras have the same problem since they're
almost all 3:4 ratio as well. Interestingly enough, when I mentioned
this to my son and daughter about their P&S pictures they were totally
unaware that their photos were being cropped. They obviously don't pay
much attention to framing.
I see that the E-410 (and presumably all the follow-ons) offer a 2:3
ratio but I don't know if that helps much if you can't see the framing
in the viewfinder. Maybe John H can offer a new screen scribing service
to go along with his rule of thirds scribes on OM screens. Even it you
didn't take the image in 2:3, if you framed it properly you could run an
automated cropping tool to control the final print.
Chuck Norcutt
Walters, Martin wrote:
> It's not just 4/3 format. My wife's Nik*n P&S photos don't fit the
> standard 4x6 format either. All have to be cropped. Not a big issue as
> we only print copies to pass on to family etc.
>
> I kind of like manipulating the photos (though I'm a rank beginner
> unlike many here) before printing. Among other things, it's useful to
> get rid of that 1-degree-or-so slant in many of my photos...
>
>
> Martin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Wayne Culberson
> Sent: August 29, 2007 7:34
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Digital workflow, was: Some OM-photos!
>>
> The difference for me Chuck, is that what I shoot with is 4/3 format,
> and all the "favorite processors" (read cheap, like Walmart, etc.) print
> in the 35mm film format. So they either do their own auto-cropping of my
> pictures, or else I have to do it all myself beforehand, one at a time.
> So it's not quite a simple as the film workflow for me. Now mind you,
> for what I do I'm not really upset about digital. I like some aspects of
> digital, and shoot what I want with digital, and what I want with 35mm
> slides, and sometimes still use some print film.
> Wayne
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