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"Marvin" <physchem@cloud9.net> wrote in message
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> CSM1 wrote:
>> "Marvin" <physchem@cloud9.net> wrote in message
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>>
>>>rumpledickskin wrote:
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>>>>>"George Nuetzel" <joanngeo@BCPL.net> wrote in message
>>>>>news:4270CA0C.5C730A88@BCPL.net...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I recently had some photos processed at K-Mart and these 4" x 6"
>>>>>>borderless copies came back cropped. I know with borderless you are
>>>>>>going to lose part of the picture but this was more than I thought
>>>>>>it'd
>>>>>>be. Does anyone do non-borderless photos? I can do these at home on
>>
>> my
>>
>>>>>>printer, but prefer to have them done elsewhere. Any help would be
>>>>>>appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>George
>>>>>>Parkville (Baltimore), MD
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I most likely has to do with the ratio of the height to width of the
>>>>>original image.
>>>>>A 6x4 is a 1.5:1 ratio.
>>>>>A digital camera makes a 4:3 or 1.33:1 ratio.
>>>>>In order to fill the width of the 6x4, you must crop the height to fit
>>
>> the
>>
>>>>>different ratio.
>>>>>
>>>>>example:
>>>>>1600x1200 pixel image (a 2 Megapixel camera)
>>>>>
>>>>>1200 pixels/4 inches=300 ppi. to fill out the 4 inches.
>>>>>1600 pixels/300 ppi=5.333 inches.
>>>>>
>>>>>To fill out the 6 inch dimension, you have to crop the height of the
>>
>> image.
>>
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>>>>>CSM1
>>>>>http://www.carlmcmillan.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I have some to try myself. I'm going to Superstore. They have a
>>>>"Kodak" machine there that reads all types of cards. Basically D.I.Y.
>>>>50 cents a print.
>>>>Not all cameras are this ratio. My HP C500 is 1600x1200 [1.333]. My
>>>>Canon 20D digital SLR is 3504x2336 [5:1]
>>>
>>>Which is also 1.333.
>>
>>
>> You did not use your calculator, 3504/2336=1.5. His Canon 20D has the
>> same
>> aspect ratio as 35 mm film.
>
> Right. I used a calculator, but punched a wrong number. In any case, it
> isn't 5:1!
Right. He made a typo [5:1] should have been [1.5:1].
>>
>> 35mm film fits a 6x4 print perfectly. It is what the photo finishers
>> created
>> the 6x4 size print for. 6/4=1.5 or 3:2.
>>
>>>>The problem I'd be concerned with is the color matching. How do your
>>>>prints look colorwise.
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