[Digikam-users] Getting rid of button bars

Paul Waldo pwaldo at waldoware.com
Mon Apr 9 17:47:18 BST 2007


Dotan Cohen wrote:
> [snip]
> There is no reason to shot portrait images with a digital camera for
> use on the screen. Unless, of course, one turns his monitor 90 degrees
> as well as the camera. Portrait images are an artifact of film
> photography that is still used only by those accustomed to film
> photography. There is a reason that digital cameras shot a 4:3 aspect
> ratio: it is the dimensions of a standard computer monitor.
[snip]


No offense, Dotan, but could you explain your reasoning for this 
statement?  I shoot many portrait-format images and I would love to how 
to get around holding the camera in the less-natural orientation...

Paul



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