Foraging around in the garden, after the morning shower, for a good flower shot with the Olympus VR-370, with the images post-processed for a slight dark mode effect, and framed in the half-frame format, or 3:4 image aspect ratio. The half-frame format, or images in the 3:4 image aspect ratio, is coming back with the launch of the Pentax 17 35mm half-frame film camera. The format, also known as the portrait format, measures 3 units in width against 4 units in height (3:4) and became popular with the Olympus PEN half-frame film cameras. On film, the image frame is 18x24mm, half the size of the standard 35mm film frame, which is 24x36mm. This cost-effective design fits 72 images on a standard 36-frame film roll.
The half-frame or portrait format, most seen on smartphone displays, and as presets for image frames on current digital cameras, is typically used for subjects with strong vertical orientations, like people, tall buildings, and waterfalls. On the other hand, while landscapes and scenery may display best in a horizontal orientation, both are interchangeable. The primary considerations are your style, your use of the image, and what you want to convey to the viewer. The image format is also good for user experience when visiting websites. Visitors will always want sites to be enjoyable and easy to use, and the right image sizes help.
On the Olympus VR-370, a compact point-and-shoot digital camera with a 16MP CCD sensor and 12.5x optical zoom lens (24-300mm equivalent on the full frame) the images were shot in a vertical orientation (just like when you are using a smartphone, a little bit awkward though), cropped to suit and edited on the desktop for the dark-mode effect. The camera itself, highly recommended for the CCD enthusiast, has a built-in flash, a 3.0-inch LCD with 460k-dot resolution, Dual Image Stabilization for sharper images in dim light and when shooting at long telephoto focal lengths
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