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Pet peeves "IT IS NOT 120mm FILM!"
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 3:51 pm
by LarryD
I get so tired of seeing 120mm for 120 roll film I thought that I would try and correct others in a way that they may get it.
120 vs 120mm by
Larry D, on Flickr
Re: Pet peeves "IT IS NOT 120mm FILM!"
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 5:25 pm
by Martolod
you go larry..and lob a 120mm Spalling round right in their Lap.......
Re: Pet peeves "IT IS NOT 120mm FILM!"
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 6:55 pm
by LarryD
I will.
Re: Pet peeves "IT IS NOT 120mm FILM!"
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 8:30 pm
by Julio1fer
Well done Larry!
Re: Pet peeves "IT IS NOT 120mm FILM!"
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 9:20 pm
by PFMcFarland
Ready, aim...
Re: Pet peeves "IT IS NOT 120mm FILM!"
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:30 pm
by LarryD
If I think I can I can do it.
Re: Pet peeves "IT IS NOT 120mm FILM!"
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 3:04 pm
by Mike Kovacs
Its 61mm wide - I don't know exactly where the format name 120 originated from.
Re: Pet peeves "IT IS NOT 120mm FILM!"
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 4:50 pm
by LarryD
Kodak picked a # out of an old hat.
Re: Pet peeves "IT IS NOT 120mm FILM!"
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 11:23 am
by Dustin McAmera
It's the 20th size there was:
http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Film_sizes_and_designations
'6x9' has always annoyed me too, because the picture size isn't 6 cm; it's accurately 2ΒΌ inches. I'm not an obsessive fan of imperial measures, but if inches conveniently express the size, why not use them? Everyone says 6x9 though, and I don't have a tank, so I bite my lip and join in.
Re: Pet peeves "IT IS NOT 120mm FILM!"
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:33 pm
by LarryD
I use Metric and Imperial because I am a backwoods American. How about 6x17?