>>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:53:44 -0400, Fast Primes <fast_primes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> said:
fp> Can someone give a quick inches or centimenters dimension of the Euro
fp> A size papers?
fp> From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
fp> Subject: [OM] Re: And Another Thing
>> From: Thomas Bryhn <thomas.bryhn@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> My point was only that it puzzles me to see film manufacturers use one set
>> of length/width ratios, paper manufacturers a second set, and now digital
>> sensors use a third... If they REALLY
>> wanted to do it right and minimize waste, they'd first make a sensor in the
>> aspect ratio people use the most and then make the papers to fit.
js> What would REALLY be nice is if everyone would adopt the European
js> A/B/C system. It uses a proportion that is fractal -- no matter
js> how many times you divide it, the aspect ratio remains the same.
Here is a link to an explaination of the ISO standard paper sizes.
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html
Johnie
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