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RayB:
I prefer a 16:9 display. But I totally understand the frustration in filmography. A lens is circular, so the optimal 4 sided shape to fit in a circle is a square. (so why are photographs 3:2 then?)
Xiaou2:
Well, I dont get the articles reasoning.
Widescreen may be a gimmick to him... But there are many films which widescreen really adds to the experience.
Because of the way your 2 eyes are spaced out, it kind of equates to a wide aspect. (even
though the images are combined) Trying to see more vertically is kinda tough without moving the eyeballs... but horizontally, we can take in a lot more without any eyeball movement. Yes, it will be a little fuzzy as we cant focus on it all at once... but its still an environmental effect that helps recreate the experience of being there.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: RayB on January 27, 2011, 02:22:50 pm ---I prefer a 16:9 display. But I totally understand the frustration in filmography. A lens is circular, so the optimal 4 sided shape to fit in a circle is a square. (so why are photographs 3:2 then?)
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Because the exposure surface was 3:2. The lens let a round image fall on a (usually) 3:2 surface. Past tense because very few consumers use film anymore and the shape applies a lot less in pro equipment.
Digital cameras are the same way because that's the shape of the CCD - mostly because they didn't want people to have to adjust to a whole new shape of photo at the same time as the transition to digital. I worked on some of the early consumer digital cameras from Kodak and it was amusing how dumb they thought the average consumer is...
RayB:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on January 28, 2011, 09:36:54 am ---
--- Quote from: RayB on January 27, 2011, 02:22:50 pm ---I prefer a 16:9 display. But I totally understand the frustration in filmography. A lens is circular, so the optimal 4 sided shape to fit in a circle is a square. (so why are photographs 3:2 then?)
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Because the exposure surface was 3:2. The lens let a round image fall on a (usually) 3:2 surface. Past tense because very few consumers use film anymore and the shape applies a lot less in pro equipment.
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Funny answer Chad. I obviously meant why didn't they settle on a square when INVENTING photography (or hell, maybe it was a square in the beginning, but eventually for some reason "they" settled on a 3:2 ratio).
--- Quote ---Digital cameras are the same way because that's the shape of the CCD - mostly because they didn't want people to have to adjust to a whole new shape of photo at the same time as the transition to digital. I worked on some of the early consumer digital cameras from Kodak and it was amusing how dumb they thought the average consumer is...
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Ever seen a 60 year old female luddite try to use a digital camera? The concept of "press a little to focus then all the way to take a photo" confuses the hell out of them. :D
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: RayB on January 28, 2011, 02:36:11 pm ---Funny answer Chad. I obviously meant why didn't they settle on a square when INVENTING photography (or hell, maybe it was a square in the beginning, but eventually for some reason "they" settled on a 3:2 ratio).
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Okay, then, let's say it was to sell all those 3:2 PVC pocketed photo album pages. How were they supposed to know the PVC would melt the photos? ;D
--- Quote ---The concept of "press a little to focus then all the way to take a photo" confuses the hell out of them. :D
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I have been on vacation with the family and asked someone holding a digital camera, often way more expensive than mine, to take our picture. Even they get confused just because the button is in a different spot than their camera. There is something to the idea that the average consumer is stupid. Kodak had them really stupid, though. I saw use cases that included things like "putting the camera in one's mouth" and "impact with forehead". :laugh2:
Then again, now that I think about it, we did release a camera where the flash circuit was shorted to the metal mounting screw plate. Use the flash with your thumb on that plate and you'd burn your finger. Wish I could remember what model that was.
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