Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]0.159756 UK stone (US is probably different....) ;-) john -----Original Message----- How much is that in stones? from my iPad Sonny Carter > On Oct 23, 2015, at 5:34 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote: > > Certainly they use this format in France, it is taking some getting > used to as someone who did mathematics to a reasonably high level ;-) > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > In Ireland - still part of Europe, it's 1,014.5 kg, and in progressive > openminded parts of the UK where it's also Europe, it's that too. In > Switzerland as well, if I remember. > > In truth, the fact that India, China and the US all use the full stop > at the decimal point may point to the way to the future, and, in all > likelihood, hoping the future of the decimal mark is going to be the > comma is probably... err... pointless :-) > > The weight of my Leica M3 is 947 grammes - that's with strap, f3.5 > 35mm Summaron, cap, and spectacles. My Fuji X100S is 475 grammes. > Interestingly, enough the medium format Voigtlander Perkeo with Color > Skopar lens and Synchro-Compur shutter which probably takes better > images than either the Leica or the Fuji weighs 528 grammes. Now if > Leica only made a folding digital...... > > Douglas > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.fr> > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 9:00 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica SL weight comparison..... > > >> The European way of writing numbers, 1kg and 14.5 grams is 1.014,5 >> >> john >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> >> The 24-90 lens weighs in at 1.14 KG ( there is a typo in the download >> datasheet, it actually says 1.140grams. >> >> Frank Filippone >> Red735i at verizon.net > >