burkphoto wrote:
8536/4558 is an aspect ratio of 1.87. The paper has an aspect ratio of 1.47. So obviously, you can either letterbox (leave blank paper top and bottom), or crop the image to fill the paper, or do some combination of the two (crop AND letterbox to some other aspect ratio).
If you fill the paper from left to right, That is 19" by 10.16". I would probably do that, with 1/3 of the blank paper (0.95") above, and 2/3 of the paper (1.89") below the image.
This is a typical question we get on UHH. It is IMPOSSIBLE to fit a square peg in a round hole without leaving space empty other than at the peg corners. It is IMPOSSIBLE to fit one aspect ratio — the image shape — onto another aspect ratio — the paper shape — without similar compromise. Either crop the image, or leave blank paper, or add a title and signature, or add a colored border, or do some other creative voodoo that suits you.
Please don't distort the image by stretching it. That, frankly, looks quite stupid, especially if the subject is at all recognizable as a person, animal, or familiar-shaped object.
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Oh for the old days of glass plates or sheet film in the same sizes as photo paper and contact printing. Not! My lungs do not miss the fumes at all. But a sensor in the same ratio as the paper? Or a sensor you could set the ratio of the image with camera controls. Or maybe not, it would probably rival a new car in price.