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Re: 5p vs. 7p and Golden Ratio


  • From: P3D Allan Woods <allanwx@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: 5p vs. 7p and Golden Ratio
  • Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 23:55:31 -0700


George Themelis writes:

>Everything is a limitation.  I try to make the
>best out of it.

Good for you, George.  We all should do likewise.

What I meant by 5p being a "limitation" is that other factors
essentially dictated the format.  The "freedom" to design a
photo format exists when you only need to place one image
somewhere along a strip of "celluloid."

Trying to figure out how to place two pictures there and leave
room for others when the lenses are a specific distance apart
limits one's "freedom" to choose an aspect ratio.  That is
the "limitation" I referred to.

We, however, are not limited - not in that aspect - not in the same
ratio.

Kodak does not hesitate to provide us with yet another film dimension
if it suits them.  Film "size" is not a problem for them.  They gave
us 110, Disc, and now APS!  [Apparently usefulness is not a consideration
of theirs either ;-) ]


allanwx@xxxxxxxxxx



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