On Dec 19, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> "Full frame" is a bit of silliness. It's irrelevant. Is a 645 camera "double >> frame?" There are many sensor sizes. All of them are full. > > The thing about language is that usage determines meaning, not the > other way around.
I fully realize that. Language is my stock in trade. So I'm sensitive to those times when common usage takes it to a bizarre and meaningless place. Paul > "Full-frame" is virtually universally used to mean > 24 x 36 mm. Whenever I show Canon or Nikon users either my Pentax DSLR > or my Sony DSLR, the first question they invariably ask (being > generally unfamiliar with either) is "is it full-frame?" Tha answer I > give is "no" for the Pentax and "yes" for the Sony and everyone > understands. Communication is successfully achieved and language > works. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
