Re: In Defense of the Realist again...

[P3D Gary Nored <gnored@xxxxxxx>]

P3D Dr. George A. Themelis wrote:
> 
> Again?  OK, Greg, whatever you say... From the little reading that
> I have done on the history of photography, I get the impression that
> the 35 mm film size that we are using today and the 24 mm x 36 mm
> standard frame size are the results of expanding over previous
> formats and sizes.  Nothing appears to have come about for artistic
> reasons.  Only practical reasons.
> =============

My memory isn't what it used to be, but I don't think that any film
size other than 35 mm and 120/620/70 mm ever lasted (except sheet films).
Why  do they keep introducing new sizes? 

More to the point of the original thread, though -- when I look
through my 35 mm flatties, I find that about 2/3 of them are
vertical compositions. I like the big image of 2x2x2, but don't
often like the horizontal arrangement. 

Sigh ...

Still wishing for that digital 3D SLR.

Gary


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