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Mar 22, 2015 17:32:41   #
Triplets Loc: Reading, MA
 
I wanted to get an 8 x 10 enlargement of an image I took. However, in the process of setting it up, I noticed some of the image was lost due to cropping. When I inquired about this, I was told it is due to the fact that it needs to be in a 3:2 ratio (or 2:3), so I would need to get an 8 x 12 in order to get the enlargement as shot. Is this due to using a cropped sensor camera?

Thanks

Dennis

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Mar 22, 2015 17:39:08   #
sloscheider Loc: Minnesota
 
I believe the APS-C sensor is roughly 2:3

different print sizes have different ratios. Here's a link to more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_print_sizes

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Mar 22, 2015 17:42:57   #
Photographer Jim Loc: Rio Vista, CA
 
Triplets wrote:
I wanted to get an 8 x 10 enlargement of an image I took. However, in the process of setting it up, I noticed some of the image was lost due to cropping. When I inquired about this, I was told it is due to the fact that it needs to be in a 3:2 ratio (or 2:3), so I would need to get an 8 x 12 in order to get the enlargement as shot. Is this due to using a cropped sensor camera?

Thanks

Dennis

Most current dSLR cameras, be they crop or full frame sensors, are 2:3 aspect ratio.

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Mar 22, 2015 17:53:19   #
Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN
 
35mm and APS-C will not print 8x10 without cropping. 4x5in, 6x7cm and 8x10in will. The paper format was for those popular formats. The size didn't change with the introduction and popularity of 35mm

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Mar 23, 2015 03:13:33   #
Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA
 
Your camera sensor is the same dimensions as a 4x6-inch print, and an 8x12-inch print. A 4x5-inch print is the same dimension as an 8x10-inch print. You will always loose a bit off of long dimension when printing to an 8x10-inch format from an APS-C sensor.

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Mar 23, 2015 06:06:56   #
Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)
 
Triplets wrote:
I wanted to get an 8 x 10 enlargement of an image I took. However, in the process of setting it up, I noticed some of the image was lost due to cropping. When I inquired about this, I was told it is due to the fact that it needs to be in a 3:2 ratio (or 2:3), so I would need to get an 8 x 12 in order to get the enlargement as shot. Is this due to using a cropped sensor camera?

Thanks

Dennis


Dennis, many digital cameras are 2x3 - similar to the 35mm film cameras.

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Mar 23, 2015 06:59:21   #
billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
 
Back when I did professional photography, I took the focus screens out of my Nikon F's and put a thin black tape vertically down both sides. In side these lines was safe for 8X10 shooting, anything outside this line was not going to be included. It has to the with the ratio thing of 35 mm. When digital came out they could have made a correction but many people including my self like to shoot FULL OUT which of course means if you want everything in the shot you print 4X6 or 8X12 or 12X18 or better yet 16X24. On some pocket cameras you can select what ratio you want to shoot in and of course when you pick a certain ratio the camera changes what you see in the view finder.

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Mar 23, 2015 07:05:15   #
wteffey Loc: Ocala, FL USA
 
Best solution is to crop to the correct paper size before submitting the image to the printer. If you submit the image on line look closely and you may see the crop warning if you submitted size does not match the requested paper size. You then may be able to crop to your satisfaction while still on line. I like to crop to 10x14 (5x7) or 8x12 (4x6). I thing the long proportions look better than 8x10 most of the time.

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Mar 23, 2015 09:32:02   #
Triplets Loc: Reading, MA
 
Thanks for all the replies. As usual, the Hoggers come through.

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Mar 23, 2015 12:51:11   #
Gifted One Loc: S. E. Idaho
 
As has been stated be a APS-C (Crop) or Full frame the ratio can be the same.

Just a nit the ratio of the sensor to normally list as Width x Height or 3:2. 3:2, we know as Landscape & 2:3 as Portrait or Vertical.

J. R.

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Mar 23, 2015 22:42:23   #
BebuLamar
 
This reminds me of the time when I worked at a 1 hr photo finisher. A customer wanted an 8x10 of his 35mm negative. I made a cropped print and he didn't like it as it cropped out some of his negative. So I made him an 8x12 he didn't like it either as it doesn't fit his 8x10 frame. I tried and made him a 6.5x10 print and he didn't like it either. I gave him the refund as I couldn't make a print that satisfied him. He wasn't happy at the time but some how he later became a very good repeated customer.

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Mar 24, 2015 01:15:12   #
mikecanant Loc: Texas
 
Save the photo on your computer as it is in the camera. When you get ready to make a print, go into pp and crop it to the print size you want to obtain, ie. 4x6 will get you the normal print or a 8x12 with nothing left out.
Crop to 8x10 and get a 8x10. Save the cropped image with different extension in case you need to get to the original again in future.

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