What's your most frequently used PAPER size?

[tlitody]

What PAPER size do you print onto most frequently. i.e. your standard paper size.

I know some will use both wet print and digital print but I'm looking for the most used. But you can always elaborate with a post below.

 

[John Robertson]

A4 65%
A3 35%

 

[MartinP]

I seem to use 9 1/2"x12" quite a bit, although 10"x8" gets a look-in overall because of contacts and quick prints being on that size. This is in the darkroom (a.k.a. spare bedroom), not any 'lightroom' of course.

 

[ItsReallyDarren]

11x14 for me.

Proof prints are made on RC, final prints are made on Fibre.

 

[keytarjunkie]

I have 200 sheets of the new (aka terrible) Fuji 20x24 Crystal Archive C-print paper sitting around. I guess that's my most frequently used.

 

[jaredangle]

5x7 wet print for me. Perfect size for 35mm street and documentary/photojournalism stuff, and also great for contact printing 4x5, especially portraits, and small square format prints that can be trimmed later

 

[benlees]

I guess 5x7 because I use those for test strips! Otherwise 8x10 followed by 11x14.

 

[tlitody]

I guess 5x7 because I use those for test strips! Otherwise 8x10 followed by 11x14.

I always cut test strips from the paper box I'm working from. That way I don't get caught out by variations from batch to batch of paper or the age of paper.

 

[JonasYip]

i chose "other digital" since the list is missing the crazy north american sizes: 8.5x11, 11x17, 13x19, 17x22, etc... I'd rather use the A sizes, but can't seem to get that here.

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[benlees]

I always cut test strips from the paper box I'm working from. That way I don't get caught out by variations from batch to batch of paper or the age of paper.

Scissors! I'm too lazy for that! Even with different brands I haven't had a problem. Yet. Of course, all my prints are on RC multigrade and I not a perfectionist. They're all work prints, pretty much.

 

[StenSture]

Centimeters, not inches..

Centimeters, not inches..

Hi Guys. I just go with 18X24 cm , 24X30 cm Those two sizes are my favourite. I do beleve I ahave som Oriental Seagull fibre base.

 

[barnwulf]

I print digitally and proof on 8.5X11 and make final prints on mostly 11X17 or sometimes 13X19 if I plan to mat and frame the print. Jim

 

[nikon_sam]

I'm not certain of the percentages but most used would be 5x7 and 8x10...I have some 11x14 but its rare when I've used it..and that's wet printing...

 

[slm]

5x7 Kentmere Fine Art FB Glossy and some matte. I really like that size for "showing" my pictures to friends and family, its a nice size to see some detail, portable and inexpensive.

And that Kentmere paper is really nice !

Cheers
steven

 

[Keith]

No poll option for the stuff that comes in a lengthy roll about 10 centmetres wide, two or single ply ... and with a choice of re-cycled or regular!

What gives?

 

[sepiareverb]

While I most frequently print on 8x10" paper, my standard size paper for a final print is 16x20". I make proofsheets on 9x12" SW fiber paper (FINALLY SW paper again thanks to a test run of ADOX SW MCC), then make a proof print of what looks promising on Ilford Multigrade FB. Final prints when justified are on 16x20" Oriental Seagull VC cold tone or warm tone almost always. I do make some 20x24" prints from time to time, and have made a few portfolios on 11x14" Seagull.

Digital works similarly for me, an 8.5x11" proofsheets generated by Bridge, 8.5x11" proof prints of promising images and 17x22" final prints when I get something worthwhile.

 

[charjohncarter]

I haven't yet fallen in love with printer prints, but I do use digital files to do chemical prints with various suppliers. Again a but, but luckily I also don't enjoy large prints, so 5x7 or at the most 8x10. When I see a digital camera 11x14+ print I usually don't like it so I stay smaller. I have a 4x5 camera but I do the post digitally and still stick to smaller prints.

So en fin, I guess I probably would like wet large prints when someone does them that I trust. And I do small prints chemically from vendors.

 

[tlitody]

I use 12x16 paper but usually print 12x8 with a 2 inch border all round which is perfect for 3:2 aspect ratio images and great for 35mm film IMO. For portrait format 7 1/2 x 10 inch image(3:4 aspect) on 9 1/2 x 12 inch paper with 1 inch border all round. I use 10x8 for trialling and or 6x9 image size.
135 format film is plenty big enough to give high quality prints at these sizes. Occasionally I'll print bigger if neg quality (sharpness) is good enough.

 

[Keith]

I actually prefer prints from my R2400 at 5x7 and of late I've been halving A4 Gold Fibre Silk and Smooth Gallery Pearl with a staight edge and a stanley knife!

For some reason I seldom get the result I want at 8x10.

 

[KenR]

I gennerally print 9 x 13.5 inches on 11 x 14 paper. This is "full frame" for 35mm, and even when I crop things quite a bit, it just looks right. Even when I print from a 6x6 negative I often use this size rather than trimming the paper to 11 x 11 (which I did in the past.)