What do you shoot, mostly? ... Horizontals, or Verticals? (Page 12): I guess my 12:7 becomes 16:9 when I measure more closely :sm26: But is that really wide-screen? or is it now just...

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Chris T wrote:

Although my real wide-screen LCD TV is down here (32") I also have another wide-screen TUBE TV upstairs ... that one's only 26"And, of course ... all my current Computer Monitors are also wide-screen ... 3 are 22", one is 24" ... the other is 16" ....They all provide 16:9 ....

I guess my 12:7 becomes 16:9 when I measure more closely

But is that really wide-screen? or is it now just standard? I shall have to have another look in the stores.
As to room - we returned from Spain 18 months ago and are still living on our boat in Boston Lincs. with our two cocker Spaniels - and our 28". So until we disembark to the bungalow we are half way through purchasing - we don't have room. However - I think we will still stick to 16:9.
Hope your holiday season is going well.
Del

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

Delderby wrote:

I guess my 12:7 becomes 16:9 when I measure more c... (show quote)

Oh right .... Thanksgiving's on Thursday ... do you do that, there, Del?

Must be fun living on a boat, huh? ... Especially with two dogs!!! .... Ouch!!!

So what you have, then - IS a wide-screen ... using 16:9 ... and NOT 12:7?

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Chris T wrote:

Oh right .... Thanksgiving's on Thursday ... do you do that, there, Del?

Must be fun living on a boat, huh? ... Especially with two dogs!!! .... Ouch!!!

So what you have, then - IS a wide-screen ... using 16:9 ... and NOT 12:7?

In a word - yes - but I'm sure I have seen wider screens somewhere. I shall look in Currys today.
We don't do Thanksgiving - although the turkeys give thanks! but we have adopted the colonial style Halloween in a big way! And Black Friday is now firmly established.
Cruising the coasts of Europe in the summer is good fun - but a North Sea marina in Winter is anything but!
Del.

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

Delderby wrote:

In a word - yes - but I'm sure I have seen wider screens somewhere. I shall look in Currys today.
We don't do Thanksgiving - although the turkeys give thanks! but we have adopted the colonial style Halloween in a big way! And Black Friday is now firmly established.
Cruising the coasts of Europe in the summer is good fun - but a North Sea marina in Winter is anything but!
Del.

Yes, I can see your point ....

Ah yes, Curry's ... I remember them, well ...

I think you'll find all "wide" screens, now, Del ... are 16:9 .....

Colonial-style Halloween, huh? ... was over, three weeks ago ....

BTW ... Take a look at my "Hallowed Sheen" Gallery Post - ok?

Enjoy!!!!

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Chris T wrote:

Yes, I can see your point ....
Ah yes, Curry's ... I remember them, well ...
I think you'll find all "wide" screens, now, Del ... are 16:9 .....
Colonial-style Halloween, huh? ... was over, three weeks ago ....
BTW ... Take a look at my "Hallowed Sheen" Gallery Post - ok?
Enjoy!!!!

Hi Chris
superb locomotive - my son is a train driver - I'll send it to him?
(as a kid he wanted to be a train driver - and stuck to his guns!

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Chris T wrote:

Yes, I can see your point ....
Ah yes, Curry's ... I remember them, well ...
I think you'll find all "wide" screens, now, Del ... are 16:9 .....
Colonial-style Halloween, huh? ... was over, three weeks ago ....
BTW ... Take a look at my "Hallowed Sheen" Gallery Post - ok?
Enjoy!!!!

Hi again Chris
All TVs in Currys are 16:9 - all lap tops are 16:9. They advise that this is now the standard - but there is a 21:9 TV option.
BTW - not sure how long you have been over the pond, but Currys are now combined with PCWorld. They make a formidable
combination of domestic electrical, computers, audio, TV, Cell phones and photographic goodies.

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

Delderby wrote:

Hi again Chris
All TVs in Currys are 16:9 - all lap tops are 16:9. They advise that this is now the standard - but there is a 21:9 TV option.
BTW - not sure how long you have been over the pond, but Currys are now combined with PCWorld. They make a formidable
combination of domestic electrical, computers, audio, TV, Cell phones and photographic goodies.

There you are, see?

21:9 ??? .... whoa!! .... where'd that one come from?

Birth to 10 ... then - 18 to 23 ... then again- at 25 ... for a fortnight .... long enough to see it wasn't gonna work - like before ...

I wonder why they did that, Del? ... The bicycles shop (isn't that what they were first?) with PC World ... in order to get PCs on the sly, huh?

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Chris T wrote:

There you are, see? br br 21:9 ??? .... whoa!! ..... (show quote)

pretty big org now - also includes car phone warehouse, cut price Canons and Nikons.

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

Delderby wrote:

pretty big org now - also includes car phone warehouse, cut price Canons and Nikons.

How far do they cut, Del - percentage-wise?

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Chris T wrote:

How far do they cut, Del - percentage-wise?

Cannot say definitively. They do offers when they want to move things.

photon56 Loc: North America

Chris T wrote:

Okay, all you square-format shooters ... this, clearly, isn't one for you ... so, you can skip it ... unless, you have some really positive remark!

I haven't gone through the posts to read all the replies, so excuse me if I'm repeating what has been said.

It all depends on what I'm shooting, but I typically do landscape. It looks much better on my 16:9 tv screen when I'm displaying the photos. Having said that, I would use portrait depending on the composition. For instance, most wildlife shots are landscape. But there are shots I take in portrait position if I have something tall or thin that I want in the photo. Almost all head shots are portrait. But if it is a group of people, typically landscape works better to get everyone in the photo.

that's my 2 cents....

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

photon56 wrote:

I haven't gone through the posts to read all the r... (show quote)

Thanks for your two cents, Photon ....

Yes, I suppose that's how most of us shoot ... but, there are some interesting alternatives posted here .... vertical landscapes, for instance ... look at Karno's stuff!

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

Delderby wrote:

Cannot say definitively. They do offers when they want to move things.

Oh, Del ... I didn't realize Curry's was in the Moving Biz, too ... how 'bout that!!!!

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Chris T wrote:

Oh, Del ... I didn't realize Curry's was in the Moving Biz, too ... how 'bout that!!!!

Well - they do have to move appliances etc from warehouse and deliver to customers homes.

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

Delderby wrote:

Well - they do have to move appliances etc from warehouse and deliver to customers homes.

Oh, yes ... I suppose so, Del ...

Have to get on top of that one of these days ... both my washer and my dishwasher are down for the count!