Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Whoops! England uses the same system we do, inches, ounces, pounds -- the whole schtick -- not metric. And KG III was about as English as they come. ;-) Not true. Most everything is sold in metric in the UK. I went to English schools, and that's also all they taught us. Given globalization, the US is going to have to change sooner or later too, but I wish we'd hurry up as American measurements still confuse me after more than a decade living here. Thank heavens Kodak is finally starting to mark their packages (like XTOL) in metric. Now at last I don't have to get a calculator out every time I go in the darkroom! Before anybody says that Americans can't change we might note that the US military operates almost completely in metric. I used to be a soldier and I watched the speed in which Americans get used to measuring and estimating range in "clicks" (Km), fueling in liters, ordering in kilos and remembering (and visualizuing) that the maximum effective range of an M16 A2 is 550m, etc., so it can be done. The only reason that the US Army uses any bizarre (excuse me, I mean "standard") measurements is for tools for made-in-Detroit vehicles. BTW. When was the last time anybody bought a 2" lens? You mean American photographers are also using metric? Don't say it's so! End of rant. Simon Stevens