Sizing Details

Detailed sizing information is found below.  For a given image, find out what shape category it is in the image description (A, B, C or D) and refer to the corresponding table below.  Note that not all prints in a given Shape Category are available in all of the sizes. All provided dimensions are in inches. 

Shape Category A
Images in category A have a height-to-width ratio of 4:5, which is the shape of 4 x 5" and 8 x 10" large format film sheets.

Image Size	Overall Paper Size	Approx. Frame Size
12" x 15"	16" x 19"	21" x 24"
16" x 20"	21" x 25"	26" x 30"
24" x 30"	30" x 36"	31" x 37"
32" x 40"	39" x 47"	41" x 49"
40" x 50"	48" x 58"	50" x 60"

 

Shape Category B
Images in category B have a height-to-width ratio of 3:4, which is the shape of 6 x 4.5cm medium format film, and many digital cameras. 

Image Size	Overall Paper Size	Approx. Frame Size
12" x 16"	16" x 20"	20" x 24"
18" x 24"	23" x 29"	28" x 34"
24" x 32"	30" x 38"	31" x 39"
30" x 40"	37" x 47"	39" x 49"
42" x 56"	51" x 65"	53" x 67"

 

Shape Category C
Images in category C have a height-to-width ratio of 2:3, which is the shape of almost all digital "DSLR" cameras, and 35mm film. 

Image Size	Overall Paper Size	Approx. Frame Size
12" x 18"	16" x 22"	20" x 26"
16" x 24"	21" x 29"	26" x 34"
24" x 36"	30" x 42"	31" x 43"
30" x 45"	37" x 52"	39" x 54"
40" x 60"	48" x 68"	50" x 70"

 

Shape Category D
Images in category D have a height-to-width ratio of 1:1, which is to say that they are square. Instagram has recently made square images common again, but square images were originally known for the 6x6cm medium format film shot with Hasselblad cameras, as well as a few twin-lens reflex cameras made by companies like Rolleiflex and Mamiya. 

Image Size	Overall Paper Size	Approx. Frame Size
12" x 12"	16" x 16"	20" x 20"
16" x 16"	21" x 21"	26" x 26"
24" x 24"	30" x 30"	31" x 31"
30" x 30"	37" x 37"	38" x 38"
40" x 40"	48" x 48"	50" x 50"
50" x 50"	59" x 59"	61" x 61"