size does matter!

[PixelChick78]

I thought I would post this question here since this is likely where I will find the most photographers that actually see a lot of your stuff in print. I also have a similar forum rinning in the post processing section.

When a snap shot is taken, the camera has a pre-set size it is taken in.
I hear cannon is 2x3...? Right?

Math not being my forté, that should be the same ratio as 4x6, no? So when I take and unedited image and print it in 4x6 , there should be no edges cut off ....However if I take an unedited image and load it in PS and try to use the crop tool at 4x6 to measure it, i extend the box out and it is not the same size! I don't know what size this is.? I am so confused. I have these beautiful pictures that can't be sized to a standard print size without cutting something off or distorting.....I have some closeups that are not a standard size it seems.

What do you do to get the right print?

Take all the images and crop them to the size you want printed? What if this means a lousy crop. What if someone wants a photo in size 8x10 that was taken in 2x3. It just doesn't work. I am so confused.

[linarms]

DSLR's are 2:3 ratio ... not sure about S2.

[linarms]

Just looked at S3's aspect ratio. Images have 3:4 ratio, not 2:3 ... that's your answer ;-)

These print nicely as 6x8's. There are probably some other sizes that local printing places will do too (can't remember them right now)...

[JaertX]

Just crop it....I have to constantly remind myself to compose for a possible 8x10 print on every shot I take...it's a pain for sure.

Really the best thing to do is crop before you send it to the printer...that way you choose instead of the computer.

[tim]

Just crop it....I have to constantly remind myself to compose for a possible 8x10 print on every shot I take...it's a pain for sure.

I only compose for 8x10s for more formal shots. My lab can print any size, so I can make a 10x6.7 or whatever at 2:3 ratio if I want to.

[linarms]

Just to confirm ... by composing for 8x10 you mean allowing an extra 10% on both the left and the right?

[tim]

Just to confirm ... by composing for 8x10 you mean allowing an extra 10% on both the left and the right?

You basically ignore the long end of the frame, left/right or top/bottom depends on which way you're holding the camera :p

[linarms]

Gotcha :p