Nah, we think of 50mm as 2 inchs, but usually don't write it that way on the list
because of the
math impared foreigners here. <g> BTW, don't write back that you are not a foreigner
because to can
ask anyone on the streets here and they will tell you that anyone not from the US of A
or Canada is
a foreigner, and they aren't really sure those Ca-nuks aren't foreigners too.
--Tom
Erik Nordin wrote:
>
> I once heard that "England is converting to the metric system inch by inch"
> :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivan Prenosil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: den 20 augusti 2001 18:00
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Asahi vs Honeywell.
>
> > You Americans seem to have your own names for
> > everything.
>
> I am nice surprised that "American photographers" are such enlightened (:-)
> that they use millimeters !!! to denote focal length.
>
> What about dropping miles/inches etc. as next stage ? (:-)
>
> Ivan
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