Calculating printable size??

Macey

Macey

Messages
36
Name
Paul
Edit My Images
No
.Originally Posted by Macey
Hmmm ok I'll try again it's 4:30am here so what's in my head didn't translate too well, my apologies. I guess what I'm asking is what effect does taking a picture on setting L 4:3 have on the end result vs taking a picture at S 4:3 ?? I hope this makes more sense, or have I dug a deeper hole in which to bury my head ?
 
Last edited:
6x4 is 3 to 2 ratio and 8x6 is 4x3 ratio, thats what the talk basic forum is for, i want to know as well but never got round to creating a thread.
 
Macey said:
Hi all :)
Sorry to ask what is probably a very basic thing. What size prints do you get from these sizes, it's always puzzled me and how it's worked out too any teaching welcome and appreciated.
S 16 : 9
S 3 : 2
S 4 : 3
M 16 : 9
M 3 : 2
M 4 : 3
L 16 : 9
L 3 : 2
L 4 : 3
I know it's probably so basic but any help welcome thanks.
Click to expand...

I don't understand your question, maybe you can give a little more detail.

The figures above are print ratio's and have nothing to do with min and max size of prints.
 
Are these settings you have in your camera, is that where you got them from?
 
I assumed he meant about when you crop images, if you dont select a aspect ratio when you crop an image you get an awkward shaped image, some companies take your crop and will blow it up to for example 6x4 whereas other others if you crop and dont change the spect ratio it can leave you recivig all different shaped sizes no matter what size photo you choose to buy.
 
Last edited:
Hmmm ok I'll try again it's 4:30am here so what's in my head didn't translate too well, my apologies. I guess what I'm asking is what effect does taking a picture on setting L 4:3 have on the end result vs taking a picture at S 4:3 ?? I hope this makes more sense, or have I dug a deeper hole in which to bury my head ?
 
Last edited:
I maybe wrong again but i assume it means that l is a larger file meaning it retains more details than the s and the 4:3 is the aspect ratio.
 
Macey said:
Hmmm ok I'll try again it's 4:30am here so what's in my head didn't translate too well, my apologies. I guess what I'm asking is what effect does taking a picture on setting L 4:3 have on the end result vs taking a picture at S 4:3 ?? I hope this makes more sense, or have I dug a deeper hole in which to bury my head ?
Click to expand...

Youll wanna copy and paste this into the top box otherwise people will just think that youve deleted the question
 
@Dex. Thanks mate. I get it now.
As for the thread going missing lol I'm using the iPhone app to access
This and to be honest I'm hit n miss with it. It's amazing what you can do
If you put a phone in your pocket without locking the screen.
Anyway thanks for the info Dex I'm a little wiser now. :)
 
I am guessing these are settings within your camera. Most would advocate shooting large all the time, as these will give you the highest resolution images, and will allow you to make bigger prints.

As for the numbers, these are aspect ratios, and determine the shape of the print you can make without cropping.

So L 16:9 would be a panorama style shot, whilst L 3:2 and L 4:3 are the ratios of the images produced by most DSLRs and Compact cameras respectively.

If you know that you are going to print a load of images at 6"x4", you should shoot at 3:2 as this is the same ratio. The same goes for the other settings. If you determine what the use of your images is going to be, you should select the aspect ratio that is closest to your intended use, as it will minimise the amount of cropping you might have to do.
 
@ scarecrow, thank you, that's cleared it up. Now I can get the most out of my photos thanks. :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top