HT0406 - The Aspect Ratio of Human Vision

LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process - A podcast by Brooks Jensen

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Here's a thought ... Human vision, including our peripheral vision, is an oval in an aspect ratio that is approximately 1.87 to one. Why, then, isn't it natural for photography to use the ubiquitous 16:9 aspect ratio as its standard?

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