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What aspect ratios do Pentax users like?

Started Oct 5, 2020 | Discussions thread
Phil A Martin
Phil A Martin Veteran Member • Posts: 8,363
Re: What aspect ratios do Pentax users like?
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Barry Pearson wrote:

This question was prompted by an article in "Black+White Photography":
Issue 243, page 72 onward.

The author, Eddie Ephraums, discusses the way some photographers concentrate mainly on a single aspect ratio, for example 1:1, 3:2, 2:1, 4:3, 16:9, 7:5, etc.
And may become well-known for it.

He made himself a simple adjustable hand-held viewer so that he could judge scenes without needing to look through a camera viewfinder.
(Using such a viewer is apparently commonplace in cine photography).

Some cameras can be adjusted so that different aspect ratios are seen in the viewfinder.
My K-1-series can be switched between aspect ratios, including 1:1.
My Ricoh GRIII can be set to 3:2 or 1:1.

And, of course, images can be cropped later in Lightroom or Photoshop.
Lightroom has several built in aspect ratios, as well as "Custom".

So back to the title of this thread:
"What aspect ratios do Pentax users like?"

Perhaps with a follow-up question:
"What assistance (if any) would be desirable in cameras?"

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Some useful articles:

Can I just add that I've never liked Eddie Ephraums. He always seemed to me to represent the triumph of technique over content. Attractive but empty images.

I much prefer the work of John Blakemore and Thomas Joshua Cooper, for pure black and white landscape photography with first class printing.

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