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What aspect ratios do Pentax users like?

Started Oct 5, 2020 | Discussions thread
AshleyMC Senior Member • Posts: 2,228
Re: What aspect ratios do Pentax users like?
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georgehakim wrote:

I shoot in the original aspect ratio of the camera (to use all the sensor area), then in post processing I crop in the "Unconstrained" mode, if it looks best at 3.4:1.8 so be it.

As long as you maintain the perspective of the image.

For example, cropping a 3:2 image that has a house on the right side to create a 1:1 image that has the house in the middle of the frame - the cropped image does not look natural.

Then again, “art” can be anything.

Personally, I know what I want during the original framing.

I rarely restrict the composition to a fixed aspect ratio like 3:2 or 16:9. Of course I have to use a specific ratio when I send the photo out for printing/framing. Also when I submit to some photo sharing sites like Instagram, which have rigid aspect ratio requirement.

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