What aspect ratios do Pentax users like?

Barry Pearson wrote:

Phil A Martin wrote:

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:

• A thread of my own: "Revisiting SQUARE crop on K-1-series"
• At Wikipedia: Aspect ratio (image)
• How to Know Which Aspect Ratio to Use in Your Photography

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'm not saying his photography is to my taste!

My reaction to about half the photographs I see in "Black+White Photography" is:

"If I accidentally took that photo, I would quickly delete it to save space"!

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

I've just searched on those names.

They have huge reputations built over decades.

I would love to view their prints in a gallery, displayed at their best.

Totally off topic:
I once (2003) sat on a bench in front of "The Fighting Temeraire" for an hour, for the sheer pleasure of examining it at its proper size:

At this exhibition :
"Turner's View Of Britain At BMAG"

As the article says:
"Describing how two benches have been positioned by the painting, she added, "the public are sitting and staring in awe.""

Yup! That was me.

I have seen the work of both, although some years ago now.

Blakemore was quite an influence on my early photography. He had a technique of doing multiple multiple exposures with a camera fixed firmly to a tripod. Rocks would stay solid whilst the wind moved the trees, which were made of of dozens of overlapping images. As I could manage the math in calculating exposure, it was a technique I used a lot with my Chinese knock off Rolliecord.

I once saw an original Blakemore print on ebay, the bidding was at £22.00. I nearly put on £25 but thought no, it'll go for hundreds. It eventually sold for £22.00. I cried. I have to console my self with the poster and the books instead.

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