Full-Frame images

fredjclaus

I know when it comes to 8x10's that is a cropped photo, 8x12 is actually the full frame. So would it be the same with larger prints? 16x20 would be cropped and 16x24 would be a full frame print?

Art Scott

Being full frame actually depends on your cameras sensor and its aspect ration.....for a 4x5 camera a 4x 5 or 810 is full frame.......for a 5x7 camera a 5x7, 10 X 14 would be full frame.......see where this is going.........with the advent of digital full frame kinda got weird....meaning it is no longer as cut and dried as in the fil days when there was only a small handfull of film sizes.....of course that is not taking into account those really weird 1/2 frame cameras and the spy cams.........full frame actually was only a designation for 35mm film.............and I usedd to drive the processors crazy by ordering a full frame print of a 4x5 neg:D......gave me both a 3x5 contact print and an 8x10 and charged me for both.......they have been my processors ever since.

fredjclaus

Art, you are my buddy. I'm sure you have forgotten more than I'll ever know about photography. You seem to be right there with the answers I need.

Here's what I'm working on. I have photographed a bunch of scenic images with my Nikon D60. Then taking the full image, I added a nice background boarder and a frame. I want to be able to print them in 16 inch to start but I want to be able to print 8x10's and 5x7's as well. Trouble is, I don't want the edges to be cropped in printing because it's not "full-frame". How would I know without doing test prints in each size?

jmphotocraft

size and/or crop your final image to be the same aspect ratio as the print size you're trying to make.

printing a 5x7? make your final image 1500 x 2100 pixels. or 2000 x 2800. or 3000 x 4200, etc.

However all printers trim the edges a little bit, like 5 pixels.