Rusty69 wrote:
OK guys, I know this is an invitation to the trolls out there, but here goes.
I have recently been going back over lots of older photographs looking for printable images to update my wall art (C19 isolation giving me time I never had before).
I was really thrilled to find some great architectural and landscape shots from last year's trip to the UK. I even got advice from fellow Hoggers on what software to use to fix keystone issues on some of the buildings.
So far, so good, BUT, time to print some nice 10X8s on my great Canon printer, and whadda you know?
Framing - nothing would fit nicely in a 10x8 format - either the landscapes were too wide or the buildings too tall.
No excuses - I should know better at my age. Rule of thirds, etc. notwithstanding, when you are on vacation you think more about the memory you wish to capture than about how you will display that memory in your home. Also I guess the problem is exacerbated by the 10x8 format being "out of synch" with either of the conventional camera aspect ratios. Does anyone have an easy "fix" for this in the field? Stand further back is not always the right answer with buildings I fear.
OK guys, I know this is an invitation to the troll... (
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Without answering your question and with the greatest respect, why should your compositions fit nicely into a 10 x 8 inch size just because manufacturers make paper to that ratio? Likewise at the taking stage, why should your compositions fit APSC or the full frame ratio? In the days of film I used medium format cameras giving 2 ΒΌ inch Square negatives, I must have taken many thousands of images but it was very rare that these were printed square.