thanks, that made sense.
I was thinking today that I was doing it opposite of what the mathematics
is, that is, 2/3 is larger than 1/1.8 and felt rather silly about posting
this before I left for work.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:57 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: What am I missing
>
> It is not exactly 1/diagonal measurement. It comes from an old video
> tube standard for size designation.
>
> 2.5 is larger than 1.8 but it is opposite for the reciprocals.
>
> Good explanation here:
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Camera_System/
> sensor_sizes_01.htm
>
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 27, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Scott Peden wrote:
>
>>
>> isn't the 1/diagonal measurement?
>>
>> So that 1/1.8 is smaller than a 1/2.5?
>
>
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