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What aspect ratios do Pentax users like?

Started Oct 5, 2020 | Discussions thread
Barry Pearson
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Re: What aspect ratios do Pentax users like?

pentaust wrote:

For me 3:2 doesn't work well for verticals, 4:3 works well for verticals (portrait orientation), 3:2 is Ok for landscape orientation, but I find that 4:3 can also work well. So , after many years of using 3:2, I actually don't like 3:2 very much, for me 3:2 is a compromise: too tall for portraits, not wide enough for landscape. That's one reason why I somehow prefer images from medium format over full frame.

I mostly agree with that, with an exception that is significant for me:

Action:

  • Aircraft in flight
  • Birds in flight
  • Motor-sports - bikes and cars
  • Outdoor events generally

Those tend to take place in a fairly horizontal arena.

Increasingly, I'm liking 1:1 - square.

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