Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- -----Original Message----- From: Frank Dernie >The designer was expecting an elaborate piece about 1.5 >inches dia. He got an impressively made 1.5 mm piece of expensive >scrap...... In Kerim=E4ki, Finland, is a church that turns out to be 2.545 time the s= ize it was intended because they thought the drawings were in inches but they were metric. B= eat that! Picture outside: http://www.han.de/~proppi/finland/keri_aus.html Inside: http://www.han.de/~proppi/finland/keri_in.html In some US-States on the high-ways they give you miles and km distances, = for example 1 mile/1.6 km. I have met people they wonder why they should learn to sa= y "It's approximately 1.6 km away" instead off "it's just a mile away". I'= m not joking. >Back on subject my Leica has 21,24,35,50,75 and 90mm lenses on 24x36mm >negatives but I print on 10x8 and 12x16 Cibacrome :) though the packet i= s >marked in cm.. >Frank As you said, it's what you get used to. I live now 18 years in the USA a= nd I have adapted very well: My Leica has a 0.825, (I don't have the 0.943), 1.426, 2.0375 (Noctilux) = and 3.536 inch lenses on 0.943x1.415 inch negatives. Sometimes I'm using paper that is marked = in centimeters but I always convert that to inches to make sure my wife doesn't get confused (she is not an engineer). What a way to start the Sunday ..... Jorg in Snellville, GA ... ;-)