Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Half Frame for Leica Glass
From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 09:41:08 +1100
References: <NEBBJDFBIKOBILIKPPBNMELFIGAA.red735i@earthlink.net> <3C6564B7.2090305@attinasi.org> <3C65716B.9A82920C@markrabiner.com>

>Lets not forget or learn not that half frame is not really half frame.
>
>Half frame is full frame.  Barnack i think decided the Leica still
>camera using movie film should be double frame.
>
>So 24x36 is double frame. What we use now.
>
>The standard format with 35mm for films was 24x18. Still might be now.

So we can think of these cameras as "original format"

Cheers
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