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Re: [OM] E-1 4/3 - totally off the wall observations

Subject: Re: [OM] E-1 4/3 - totally off the wall observations
From: "Earl Dunbar" <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 10:53:23 -0500
Ooops... dunno what happened there...

So as we move from 4:3 to 16:9 for HDTV, Oly introduces a 4:3 camera.  Hmmm.

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On 12/6/2003 at 5:04 PM Earl Dunbar wrote:

>So we
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>>I think the 4/3 format works pretty well for digital because until
>recently
>>most computer monitors were also 4/3 aspect ratio, so the display could be
>>'full monitor' quite efficiently... this changes now as the HDTV aspect
>>ratio is more like 16:9, or 'widescreen'. I think the 4/3 ratio also
>>matches
>>to 'standard' paper sizes more efficiently, like 6x7 fits onto 8" x 10"
>>paper more efficiently.
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>So as things move from 4:3 to 16:9, Olympus introduces a 4:3
>picture-taking-machine.  Hmmm.
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>>--
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>>Jim Brokaw
>>OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
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>Same here, more so after buying an Olympus SP off that awful place.
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>That's it, no more cameras.  Nope, not gonna buy any more.  I swear...
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>Earl
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