shawn
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Fuji GSW690 III
Shawn
what I found with Moskva 5 (and years ago with Bessa II) is that those old folders have a bit wider format than simple 3:2 ratio, and I like to crop them with panoramic ratio e.g. 16:10.
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Jan,
I like your cropping here, but am interested that you left just a slight space on the right at edge of building. Did you also try cropping that out, which i'm thinking would really tighten the space?
For me and going back and forth between 6x4.5 and 6x9, I try to use the entire negative generally and especially since shooting with these slows me down anyway. The 6x9 is large enough that I don't hesitate to crop when processing what these days becomes a "file".
David
Thanks David for your insights, actually I was surprised to have this space on the negative, in the viewfinder it was indeed a tighter, more textures-oriented picture. I decided to leave it, I think it opens the composition nicely.
6x4.5 (4:3) is my go-to ratio, most of darkroom prints I make on 18x24cm paper(and I'm not very attached to black borders), so I can use similar look for everything from half-frame to 6x9 plus digital.
Just a comment: Truth about these spectacular images is that a downsized web image will not be appreciably better that a 35mm.
These have to be viewed as a print or on a high rez monitor. Links to the better scans are imperative.