65:24 aspect ratio.

I’ve been fascinated by the 65:24 aspect ratio for quite some time.

Photographer Jonas Rask has written a series of blog posts about his experience using Fujifilm TX-1, a film camera that shoots in 65:24 ratio. Basically using 2 frames of 35mm film format at once for each photos.

• Fujifilm TX-1 – The original XPan
• The Fujifilm TX-1 Icelandic adventure
• The future of the elusive 65:24 format

The photos from the blog posts are very unique and beautiful in my opinion. Here are some examples from his blog:

As you can see, the photos are very cinematic.

I’m interested in simulating this crop ratio with my camera. Sadly, I don’t have one of those cameras where the 65:24 crop ratio is included as a camera feature. I have to do some workarounds.

Framing guideline

For context, I use Fujifilm X100 series camera. It doesn’t have the 65:24 crop ratio, but it has something else you can use to help you compose for 65:24 ratio.

First, you have to activate the framing guideline: GRID 24.

The middle 3 lines are a good approximation of the 65:24 ratio. Here is a comparison of 3:2 vs 65:24 aspect ratio:

If you compare it side-by-side, they’re pretty close:

Using this framing guideline can help you a lot when composing for the photos you want to crop.

Easily crop to 65:24 ratio on Android smartphones

I don’t really edit my photos in a desktop computer or laptop anymore. The reason I bought a Fujifilm camera was because I don’t want to waste too much time editing my photos.

I love Fujifilm’s film simulations. Most of the time, I simply transfer the photos to my Android phone, and send them to friends and family, or post to social media. If I end up editing my photos, it’s usually just cropping, minor rotation, and maybe perspective correction using Snapseed.

Sadly, you can’t set a custom crop ratio in Snapseed, but I found this app called Photo Editor where you can do exactly that.

It’s not a straightforward solution, but it works 🙂

Here are some photos that I crop to 65:24. I really like the results 😀

If you want to experiment with 65:24, I think this is a pretty quick and affordable solution 😀