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I have a canon 400d and im currently having problems with the image sizes. I want my photos to fit into 10x8 frame but to do this my original image always needs cropping. I dont want to loose any of my image at all so i wondered is there a setting that i could change to make this happen? i have looked and looked but cant find anything myself.

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Nope, you will have to crop. Your camera captures at 3:2, where a 10 x 8 is 5:4. You will have to lose a little from the longest edge so compose your images with that in mind.
 
You could resize it without mainting the current aspect ratio, but that would result in some distortion of the image, else cropping is the only other alternative.
 
If you want 10" on the long edge, the nearest frame size you will find is 10x7. Not as readily available as 10x8 but certainly on the market but will still require a degree of cropping.

Alternatively buy a D3 and set the shooting mode to 5:4 :D
 
Your could add a border or use a mount with a 3:2 hole that will fit a 10x8 frame.

I do find it odd that 10X8 is so popular seeing as film was/is 3:2. Is it a medium format ratio?
 
Ok, I had a feeling it would look this way. looks like i'll be using the crop tool...
Thanks guys
 
maninsuitcase said:
Your could add a border or use a mount with a 3:2 hole that will fit a 10x8 frame.

I do find it odd that 10X8 is so popular seeing as film was/is 3:2. Is it a medium format ratio?
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It goes all the way back to the beginnings of photography, a plate was originally 10" x 8", the large field cameras we see today are mostly 'half plate' 5" x 4".

120 film gave us square frames and some other odd dimensions (6x7 - 6x9 - 6x4.5) Kodak also sold 126 and 127 films which I think were a similar size film but I've no idea of the ratio's.

What we call 'full frame' nowadays were originally sold as miniature cameras.
3:2 is probably the most common ratio for photography however the framing industry never really joined in.

Digital P&S cameras have a ratio of 4:3 based on video cameras (pre widescreen), but I think these also fit Euro standard paper sizes (A4 etc).

* all of the above is as I remember it, no recent research and happy to be wrong.
 
Instead of cropping you could expand the 'canvas' and have a blank stripe across the top and bottom of your image, much like watching a widescreen movie on a normal TV. You get to keep the full image and pick the colour of the stripes to match the frame.
 
Another way canvas size 10 x 8 images size 9 x 6 make a border ½ in each side 1in top and bottom. Even then most printers would have to print on larger size paper then you cut to suit or use 8 x 12 prints
 
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