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Ideal Aspect Ratio for Digital Cameras?
So what is the ideal aspect ratio?
Square? 4:3? 16:9? 2.35:1? What do you think? Evad |
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"Evad" wrote in message ... So what is the ideal aspect ratio? Square? 4:3? 16:9? 2.35:1? What do you think? Evad A sensor 1m in diameter with a billigazillion pixels, then crop to any shape u want depending on your photo. -- Hugh Jorgan |
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"Peter Irwin" wrote in message ... Evad wrote: So what is the ideal aspect ratio? Square? 4:3? 16:9? 2.35:1? What do you think? The sensor should be circular. This makes the most efficient use of the image circle projected by the lens. Should it be curved like the retina of the eye? Evad |
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Evad wrote:
"Peter Irwin" wrote in message ... Evad wrote: So what is the ideal aspect ratio? Square? 4:3? 16:9? 2.35:1? What do you think? The sensor should be circular. This makes the most efficient use of the image circle projected by the lens. Should it be curved like the retina of the eye? Evad Not unless you want to be limited to a non-interchangeable lens of fixed focal length. This is true of older Minoxes where the lens has some uncorrected field curvature and the film plane is curved to compensate, but if you want to have a variety of different lenses or a zoom lens then standardizing on a flat field is a lot simpler. Peter. -- |
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"Evad" writes:
So what is the ideal aspect ratio? Square? 4:3? 16:9? 2.35:1? What do you think? I like 2:3 pretty well. I don't like the funny numbers, 16:9 or 2.35:1. Square would have its uses for some things; but I'm so used to turning the camera for verticals that it doesn't discourage me that often, and I get more pictures per memory card with a rectangular format. -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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Evad wrote:
So what is the ideal aspect ratio? Square? 4:3? 16:9? 2.35:1? What do you think? I like the look of 8X10 and 11X14 ratios so the 4:3 made more sense to me. Less thrown away pixels. -- Stacey |
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"Evad" writes:
So what is the ideal aspect ratio? Square? 4:3? 16:9? 2.35:1? What do you think? To some extent, it depends on how expensive the sensors are. If sensors become really cheap, the sensor should be round (or square with a round active area) and of a size that matches the designed lens image circle. This captures all that the lens can deliver. The camera should give you a choice of storing the whole round image (probably padded with zeros to make it square), or a horizontal 4:3, or 3:2, or 16:9, or whatever other aspect ratio you want, plus the matching vertical formats. These choices reduce image size by discarding some of the sensor output. Dave |
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I like the look of 8X10 and 11X14 ratios so the 4:3 made more sense to me.
Less thrown away pixels. HUH? there is not less thrown away pixels in a 8x10 or 11x14 with 4:3 than there is 3:2. Either way 3:2 has 4:3 beat by a couple few pixels. The 4:3 ratio brought down for a 8x10 crop would be 12"x9" Lossing 2 inches in height and 1 inch in width. 3:2 on the other hand is 12"x8" so there is only a loss of 2 inces in height |
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Depend of the kind of photo you want to make.
I prefer 3:2 for general purpose but I find the 4:3 a good aspect ratio for vertical portraits. Julio -- --------------------------------------------------------- Julio Rodriguez - Fotografias # Photographs http://www.julio-rodriguez.net --------------------------------------------------------- "Evad" escribió en el mensaje ... So what is the ideal aspect ratio? Square? 4:3? 16:9? 2.35:1? What do you think? Evad |
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