Monito wrote:
Glad you are liking the camera, Dan. I too am coming from a 5D2 and have the same learning curve, but I am also finding things are falling easily into place (like the DoF/stop-down preview button placement, which I prefer on the 5DS).
gdanmitchell wrote:
Because I usually print at a 4:3 aspect ratio, I\'m very, very happy to have the crop lines in the viewfinder and live view mode.
With the wealth of pixels, shoot generously and fine tune a crop later.
I don\'t worry about aspect ratio when shooting, unless it is some very specific project.
It is a person thing, but for much of my work I have a preference for the 4:3 aspect ratio. This means that I will crop a small amount off both sides of a landscape orientation photograph to get this. I have gotten pretty good at estimating the portion of the 3:2 aspect ratio frame that I\'ll use, but the crop lines (and especially the way it works in live view) lets me work with more precision.
That being said, if I have any doubts about the composition I will go ahead and \"shoot large\" and adjust in post.
The file does contain the entire 3:2 aspect ratio original raw image, so I can still \"recover\" the edge portion of the image if I need it.
There is nothing sacred about 4:3 (or 3:2 or anything else), and I do sometimes use other aspect ratios, too.
Dan
Jun 23, 2015 at 10:44 AM
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