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- From: tklai@acsu.buffalo.edu (Tobysze K. Lai)
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- Subject: Re: "Panoramic option" for Maxxum 7xi & 9xi
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- Date: 28 Jan 93 03:32:03 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.181243.633@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> ka1gt@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (robert.m.atkins) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan26.192148.1176@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>, acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih) writes:
- >> In <1993Jan26.214602.23354@news.media.mit.edu> wave@waits.media.mit.edu (Michael B. Johnson) writes:
- >>
- >> >The "panoramic option" is just a little matte that goes in the back of the
- >> >camera, over the shutter. Costs about $30. I have it for my 9xi and have
- >> >had a lot of fun with it.
- >>
- >> The only thing the matte really does is make it obvious to the print
- >> machine operator that you want panoramic format. I imagine, if the lab
- >> were friendly enough, one could simply say, "Please print frames x, y,
- >> and z as panoramas.".
- >>
- >> Indeed, it should be very easy to say, "Please print the whole roll in
- >> panoramic format.", without need for a matte at all. The only problem
- >> is composing in the viewfinder. If you have a matte with grid screen,
- >> or have an A2/E with the matte focusing screen with panorama lines, it
- >> should be easy.
- >>
- >
- >Indeed it should be easy and the phot lab should be able to make such prints,
- >but in the real world (from what I have heard) they won't do it. I'm sure
- >they have their reasons and maybe there are even good technical reasons why
- >it would be difficult (can't think of any off hand). If you, or anyone else
- >actually knows of a lab that will make "panoramic" prints from regular 35mm
- >negatives then I think it would be of general interest. It's worth checking
- >that it can be done before going out and shooting a roll of "panoramas".
- >Of course you could always get 8x12 prints made and cut them down if you
- >had to.
- >
- >===============================================================
- >Bob Atkins AT&T Bell Labs email (direct) att!clockwise!rma
- >===============================================================
-
- From the 1-hour lab I have been working during school holidays, I've only seen
- the "panoramic" prints taken by those disposable camera (from Kodak?). The
- actual picture doesn't take the whole size of the 35mm negative, the top and
- bottom edges will be blanked out. If someone wish to make the prints on
- the regular 3.5" x 5" paper, while borders will appear on the top and
- bottom edges (about 0.5 inch for the width of the edge). If the whole "picture
- area" is to be printed out (no while edges), the print has to be made on
- a 3.5" x 10" paper. This is what my boss told me. I've only seen the 3.5" x
- 5" prints, not the 3.5" x 10".
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