Hi John
I think you can blame the E Leitz company with their Leica for the
24x36 format. They could have chosen 24x30. Robot chose 24x24.
Tom
On 16 Jan 00, at 22:57, John A. Lind spoke about
*[OM] 35mm Film Format [was: OT Leic..* saying
> At 20:42 1/16/00 , Dirk Wright asked:
> >What's the story behind the 24mmx36mm format? Was it twice the cine
> >format or something? It would have made more sense to make it fit an
> >8x10 print, which would be 24mmx30mm.
>
> Yep! You got it.
>
> OM Content (sort of):
> The film we use in our beloved OM's was developed by Thomas Edison's
> lab for his Kinetoscope in 1889, right down to the rectangular
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