Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/29

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Subject: RE: [Leica] LHSA Meetings. It's not just about cameras anymore.
From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:56:26 -0600

> In the US, the art gallery world and their sycophants have decided that
> my 8x10 print is now an 10x8. Just a month ago I had a 'discussion' with
> an editor of a catalogue about the size of my prints. It finally got to
> where I about to pull my work out if they were to mis-identify it's
> size. I had them sign off in writing that the size is an 8x10.
> Slobodan Dimitrov
>

I recall that at one time sheet film in the UK was often referred to as 10x8
as well as 8x10.

5x4 film is still described as such

I can't recall if it ever was that way for paper sizes

tim

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