The sensor size of the 350D has a 3:2 ratio. Or :22.2 x 14.8 mm CMOS sensor. That means it produces pictures in that format. If you like to print such an image you need to do it in a:2x34x66x98x12and so on...As you said you can crop your photos or print them in the upstated format.Many of the SLRs have 3:2 ratio, if not all of them..

A Canon user whoult tell the details, but I am sure there is a way to set another aspect ratio for the camera in the menus. You will lose a small bit of pixels, but since you need to crop the image anyway....

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The words you are trying to think of is aspect ratio. this is the mathematical realationship between the long and short sides of an image..

Cameras have 2:3 or 4:3 aspect ratios. but when printing the paper could be any ratio. the 2:3 is by far the most common in cameras. when printed it fits exactly on 4x6 8x12 20x30 40x60 etc. when you try to print a 5x7 8x10 11x14 the 2:3 does not do it you have to crop somewhere if now want a perfect fit..

Personally, I do not do that. I spend to much time composing the shot the way I want it to be limited by the paper size. I simply print the size that goes on the paper I am using and if I have extra white amounts on 2 of my margins so be it..

I simply do not worry about it. in any event that is what they make masks for when you frame a picture...

Jennifer,.

Like the others have said, what you are asking about is the aspect ratio. Simply put, it's a ratio of the width to the height of the image. You can print to sizes with the same aspect ratio: 2x3, 4x6, 8x12 all have the same aspect ratio: 2 unts by 3 units..

Unfortunately, like you said, if you want to print to a 5x7 or 8x10, you will have to crop. There is no way around it unless you stretch one of the sides to make it fit, which obviously you don't want to do..

But you can easily do this with the software Canon packages. You can choose the aspect ratio in the trimming tool (if using DPP), chose the aspect ratio you want then just put a box around the cropped area. A rectangle will appear and you can make it bigger or smaller depending on what you want printed. You will have some area that will be trimmed away if you use a different aspect ratio though, there is no way around this..

One thing to consider when framing a picture while taking it is to consider the fact that you may need to crop some areas depending on what picture print you will want. Obviously if you frame it perfectly and don't want any cropped, you'll be limited on the print sizes you can select. So leave some buffer when you frame the picture to give you some room to crop..

Does this make sense?Just trying to learn.

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What does this mean:.

GaryDeM wrote:.

I simply do not worry about it. in any event that is what they makemasks for when you frame a picture..

Jennifer..

Does anyone know if there is a way to change the aspect ratio without compromising quality?.

Dejan Malikovski wrote:.

The sensor size of the 350D has a 3:2 ratio. Or :22.2 x 14.8 mm CMOSsensor. That means it produces pictures in that format. If you liketo print such an image you need to do it in a:2x34x66x98x12and so on...As you said you can crop your photos or print them in the upstatedformat.Many of the SLRs have 3:2 ratio, if not all of them..

A Canon user whoult tell the details, but I am sure there is a way toset another aspect ratio for the camera in the menus. You will lose asmall bit of pixels, but since you need to crop the image anyway....

Image control:Zoom outZoom 100%Zoom inExpand AllOpen in new window.

Jennifer..

This does make sense. Thank you. Do the higher Canon cameras (higher up than 350D/XTi - say the granddaddy Mark III for example) have a different aspect ratio? Are they limited to the 2:3 ratio like I am with my 350D/XTi?.

Riceowl wrote:.

Jennifer,.

Like the others have said, what you are asking about is the aspectratio. Simply put, it's a ratio of the width to the height of theimage. You can print to sizes with the same aspect ratio: 2x3, 4x6,8x12 all have the same aspect ratio: 2 unts by 3 units..

Unfortunately, like you said, if you want to print to a 5x7 or 8x10,you will have to crop. There is no way around it unless you stretchone of the sides to make it fit, which obviously you don't want to do..

But you can easily do this with the software Canon packages. You canchoose the aspect ratio in the trimming tool (if using DPP), chosethe aspect ratio you want then just put a box around the croppedarea. A rectangle will appear and you can make it bigger or smallerdepending on what you want printed. You will have some area thatwill be trimmed away if you use a different aspect ratio though,there is no way around this..

One thing to consider when framing a picture while taking it is toconsider the fact that you may need to crop some areas depending onwhat picture print you will want. Obviously if you frame itperfectly and don't want any cropped, you'll be limited on the printsizes you can select. So leave some buffer when you frame thepicture to give you some room to crop..

Does this make sense?Just trying to learn.

Blog: http://novicephotog.blogspot.com/Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9778447@N07/.

Jennifer..

JSampson wrote:.

This does make sense. Thank you. Do the higher Canon cameras(higher up than 350D/XTi - say the granddaddy Mark III for example)have a different aspect ratio? Are they limited to the 2:3 ratiolike I am with my 350D/XTi?.

No they are all 3:2 ratio. It matches the ratio of 35 mm film. The only difference between 1.6, 1,3 , and full frame, is the size of the sensor, the ratio is the same..

Medium format cameras have a different ratio, square or almost sqaure if you prefer that. A Haselblad runs about $25,000..

Brian A...

Olympus uses a 4/3 sensor. So if you print full frame 10 inches long, it would be 7.5 inches wide. Or, 8 inches wide would only require you to crop 2/3 of an inch..

But you would have to significantly crop to print a 4x6 which you don't have to crop at all with the Rebel..

No digital camera can print all the "normal" print sizes without cutting one side or another. The reason is simple, they are all different ratios..

4x6 is a 2:3 ratio8x10 is a 4:5 ratio5x7 is, well 5:7Same for 11x14, it defines itself..

A camera would need four different sensors to print "native" in all these formats..

Sorry, not made..

DIPics.

JSampson wrote:.

This does make sense. Thank you. Do the higher Canon cameras(higher up than 350D/XTi - say the granddaddy Mark III for example)have a different aspect ratio? Are they limited to the 2:3 ratiolike I am with my 350D/XTi?.

Riceowl wrote:.

Jennifer,.

Like the others have said, what you are asking about is the aspectratio. Simply put, it's a ratio of the width to the height of theimage. You can print to sizes with the same aspect ratio: 2x3, 4x6,8x12 all have the same aspect ratio: 2 unts by 3 units..

Unfortunately, like you said, if you want to print to a 5x7 or 8x10,you will have to crop. There is no way around it unless you stretchone of the sides to make it fit, which obviously you don't want to do..

But you can easily do this with the software Canon packages. You canchoose the aspect ratio in the trimming tool (if using DPP), chosethe aspect ratio you want then just put a box around the croppedarea. A rectangle will appear and you can make it bigger or smallerdepending on what you want printed. You will have some area thatwill be trimmed away if you use a different aspect ratio though,there is no way around this..

One thing to consider when framing a picture while taking it is toconsider the fact that you may need to crop some areas depending onwhat picture print you will want. Obviously if you frame itperfectly and don't want any cropped, you'll be limited on the printsizes you can select. So leave some buffer when you frame thepicture to give you some room to crop..

Does this make sense?Just trying to learn.

Blog: http://novicephotog.blogspot.com/Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9778447@N07/.

Jennifer..

When you frame a picture, let us say 10x 7 and put it into a 10x8 frame and it was printed on regular 10x8 paper you are going to have an extra 1/2 inch of white on the long sides. therfore what you use to cover the extra white up is a mask. it can be any color you wish but tends to look better when the mask matches the frame color. it is simply a strip of colored paper that is laid in the frame to cover up the extra white strip or anything else you do not want to be seen...

Re>if there is a way to change the aspect ratio <.

It involves thinking harder than you might think..

Just leave some empty sapce at the sides of the shots you want to enlarge..

If you had a camera that had a different ratio, you'd be suffering when it came time to print 4x6 shots..

There are a million wedding photographers who have all filled the frame and then beat their heads against the wall when trying to fit the pictures into an album..

Atleast most labs offer 4x6 and 8x12 prints... but just try to find an 8x12 frame..

It's been a problem forever, since people stopped shooting 4x5 sheet film..

BAK..

Thanks for the dumb-downed reply. I think I got it now. Many thanks .

Jennifer.

Dipics wrote:.

Olympus uses a 4/3 sensor. So if you print full frame 10 incheslong, it would be 7.5 inches wide. Or, 8 inches wide would onlyrequire you to crop 2/3 of an inch..

But you would have to significantly crop to print a 4x6 which youdon't have to crop at all with the Rebel..

No digital camera can print all the "normal" print sizes withoutcutting one side or another. The reason is simple, they are alldifferent ratios..

4x6 is a 2:3 ratio8x10 is a 4:5 ratio5x7 is, well 5:7Same for 11x14, it defines itself..

A camera would need four different sensors to print "native" in allthese formats..

Sorry, not made..

DIPics..

Ahhh, a mask. So if I'm not framing the prints for my clients, and I hand them the image with the white strips on each side, and they go to frame it....I need to probably explain the whole masking task to them up front...? Currently my clients are not the hight end types (my eventual desired clientele), so they are not going to framing stores and shoppes that cater to them and ensure their framed image is glorious when they leave. They stop by Target and get a frame, period..

GaryDeM wrote:.

When you frame a picture, let us say 10x 7 and put it into a 10x8frame and it was printed on regular 10x8 paper you are going to havean extra 1/2 inch of white on the long sides. therfore what you useto cover the extra white up is a mask. it can be any color you wishbut tends to look better when the mask matches the frame color. it issimply a strip of colored paper that is laid in the frame to cover upthe extra white strip or anything else you do not want to be seen..

Jennifer..

Okay, so your answer is NO, if I get a large format (which camera is the first large format in Canon's line?) camera, I will be shooting in the 3:2 ration, which matches the 35mm film ratios, which was never a problem enlarging to the standard frame sizes (it wasn't right?).

What is a Haselblad?.

Hugowolf wrote:.

JSampson wrote:.

This does make sense. Thank you. Do the higher Canon cameras(higher up than 350D/XTi - say the granddaddy Mark III for example)have a different aspect ratio? Are they limited to the 2:3 ratiolike I am with my 350D/XTi?.

No they are all 3:2 ratio. It matches the ratio of 35 mm film. Theonly difference between 1.6, 1,3 , and full frame, is the size of thesensor, the ratio is the same..

Medium format cameras have a different ratio, square or almost sqaureif you prefer that. A Haselblad runs about $25,000..

Brian A..

Jennifer..

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Uh, no thanks, just trying to understand aspect ratio of my current gear, potential gear, and having Hasselblad thrown in to the mix doesn't help. All I want is a quality print without big strips of white, so cropping or masking or what-have-you, must be done..

JSampson wrote:.

Okay, so your answer is NO, if I get a large format (which camera isthe first large format in Canon's line?) camera, I will be shootingin the 3:2 ration, which matches the 35mm film ratios, which wasnever a problem enlarging to the standard frame sizes (it wasn'tright?).

What is a Haselblad?.

Hugowolf wrote:.

JSampson wrote:.

This does make sense. Thank you. Do the higher Canon cameras(higher up than 350D/XTi - say the granddaddy Mark III for example)have a different aspect ratio? Are they limited to the 2:3 ratiolike I am with my 350D/XTi?.

No they are all 3:2 ratio. It matches the ratio of 35 mm film. Theonly difference between 1.6, 1,3 , and full frame, is the size of thesensor, the ratio is the same..

Medium format cameras have a different ratio, square or almost sqaureif you prefer that. A Haselblad runs about $25,000..

Brian A..

Jennifer.

Jennifer..

Yes, this is a chronic problem. Cameras have 3 common aspect ratios: 2:3. 3:4, and 1:1. Photosensitive paper comes in many sizes: 3x5, 4x6, 5x7, 8x10 (to name just a few). Ink Jet printers are mostly 8.5 x 11 and 13 x 19, but there are specialized photo-only printers in 5x7 and 4x6 sizes. Then you go to Super Wally World and try to find a frame that matches any of this! And this is just in the USof A...the rest of the world has completely different sizes..

But the common fix is a "mat" that overlays the pic and adds a border between the pic and the frame. Custom mats are easy to make. There is a special tool called a "mat cutter" that lets you make the beveled cuts. You can also get a frame shop to cut your mats, but it tends to be expensive. There are also some sources of mats pre-cut to fit standard frame and pic sizes..

GaryDeM wrote:.

When you frame a picture, let us say 10x 7 and put it into a 10x8frame and it was printed on regular 10x8 paper you are going to havean extra 1/2 inch of white on the long sides. therfore what you useto cover the extra white up is a mask. it can be any color you wishbut tends to look better when the mask matches the frame color. it issimply a strip of colored paper that is laid in the frame to cover upthe extra white strip or anything else you do not want to be seen..

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