Ordering Prints with Minimal Cropping!

[velvet4269]

I've been hunting, and not coming up with much in way of "how can I make this work" ...

I'd like to order some prints, but since my E500 is a 4:3 system, the crop factor is killing a lot of the pictures I'd like to make prints from (regardless of the print size). I know one solution to this is to add a border, then crop down, but how much border do I need to be adding?

Any suggestions? Has anyone had any luck ordering 8x10, 11x14, 16x20, etc prints from their 4:3 camera, without cropping everything away?

[jdepould]

I'm not sure where you're having trouble in the workflow, are you trying to avoid cropping the images on your end or are you having trouble with the printer cropping them for you? There isn't a whole lot you can do about the aspect ratio, if you have photoshop, you can lock the crop tool into a specific aspect ratio.

[OhSnapPhotos]

Have you tried having 'true digital' prints made? The printer I order from offers them. I believe they are 4x5.3. Not sure if they're showing exactly everything I see on screen or in the view finder, but they're much better than the auto 4x6 crops you get most places.