Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, You're too young to remember Ilford's 72 Exp. thin based film (144 exp half frame?!?). The film was twice as long, so no one had tanks and reels for it, and you'd need a two-story house to hang it to dry. Then there were the Agfa 24+3 rolls -- did they have a 36+4? I don't recall. Like buying a 20 oz. bottle of shampoo that's labeled as 16+4 free oz. Tom On Aug 2, 2007, at 12:49 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > So I Wikipedia the word "Leica". > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leica > Its quite a nice little rundown: > > Second sentence: > The first prototypes were built by Oskar Barnack at E. Leitz > Optische Werke, > Wetzlar, in 1913. Barnack used standard cinema 35 mm film, but > extended the > image size to 24 x 36 mm. Barnack believed the 2:3 aspect ratio to > be the > best choice, leaving room for a 36-exposure film length (originally 40 > exposures, but some films were found to be thicker). > > Remember those good old days when you got 40 on a roll? I don't!!!