I think you are a half century late there, Peter. Once again you are arguing 
with someone who is basically agreeing with you. You seem to do that a lot 
lately. 2:3 predates film by several decades.


P. J. Alling wrote:
> 120 Roll film was invented by Kodak in the late 1890's You should look 
> at the formats most of those old folders which took 120 film..2 1/4 x 3 
> 1/4 on 120 size was quite common. I can point to a few examples the 
> Kodak Autographic and early Folding Brownies between 1919-1929, the 
> actual image size is ~56mm x ~84mm, (with some incidental variation), 
> which reduces nicely down to 2x3 or 6x9.
> 
> graywolf wrote:
>> 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 was a quarter 5x7 plate just as 3-1/4 x 4-1/4  was a quarter 
>> 6-1/2 
>> x 8-1/2 plate and 4x5 was a quarter 8x10 plate. Those were the 2:3, 3:4, and 
>> 4:5 
>> ratios that are still pretty much standard today and go back to the early 
>> days 
>> of photography when those full plate sizes were the standard size pieces of 
>> glass that were available.
>>
>>
>> P. J. Alling wrote:
>>   
>>> Heck, I've finally learned to compose for the 35mm frame, and unlike 
>>> some people I know the 6x9 format well predates the popularity of 35mm 
>>> double frame cameras.
>>>
>>> John Sessoms wrote:
>>>     
>>>> From: Toralf Lund
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>>>> graywolf wrote:
>>>>>     
>>>>>         
>>>>>> Or something like a 24x30 or 24x32 frame?
>>>>>>   
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>           
>>>>> Or 24x28, even?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, a change of aspect ratio would be interesting. I wonder what the 
>>>>> reaction would be... 
>>>>>     
>>>>>         
>>>> Stunned horror followed by extreme outrage.
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>>     
>>   
> 
> 

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