[OM] Re: What to buy, what to buy.

[Chuck Norcutt]

Just get out your paper cutter and trim up some of those 8-1/2x11 sheets 
into one A5 and one A6.  Then you can make twice as many prints and the 
metric folk will be doubly proud of you.

Chuck Norcutt

Moose wrote:
> bs.pearce@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> OK, I give up. 
>>
>> What is A4 in real english?
>>   
> 210x297mm, roughly 8 1/4 x 11 3/4"
> 
> The pagan sophisticates of Europe and most of the rest of the world 
> think that calling paper by its actual size, in whatever units, is less 
> cool than giving it meaningless shortcut names. Notice that all the 
> supposed rationality of the metric system gives rise to completely 
> random seeming sizes in this case.
> 
> Ratios of long side to  short side:
> 
> 4/3 sensor     1.33
> A4             1.41
> FF, APS-C&N    1.50
> 8x10           1.25
> 
> AG's position for 8x10 ratio that both sensor formats use full height 
> and 3:2 just crops/wastes more width changes with A4, where 4/3 crops 
> some height and 3:2 crops less width.
> 
> None of this answers what to do with the 8.5x11" paper I get. :-)
> 
> Moose
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