[Leica] enough with Olympus DSLR postings PLEASE

[datamaster at northcoastphotos.com (Gary Todoroff)]

Consider, too, that only in the world of photographic numbers is 4x5 bigger
than 6x7, which is bigger than 35. Also 120=620. FourThirds perfectly fits
the extrapolation of this precise arithmetic curve.
Gary T

> -----Original Message-----  David Rodgers

>
>
> Four thirds is an interesting marketing strategy. It sounds like 33%
> more.
>
> If you change it to portrait rather than landscape does it transform to
> 25% less?
>
> I always thought the concept of half frame was a marketing mistake. They
> should have compared it to 127 and called it double frame. The Pen F
> would have been a huge success.
>
> Who doesn't want double of something? Who doesn't feel slighted only
> receiving half?
>
> 35mm (where did 135 come from?) should have been named by length of
> roll. Then we'd all be shooting 48 inch format and digital would be
> 1/66ths or "less than 1.5 percent format".
>
>
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