Bringing this one back to things photographic, I asked a Portuguese
focus-puller how he got on with the imperial system. He said he finds
the foot a far better measure to use than anything metric when
measuring subject distance; it's the right sort of size unit to deal
with things within say 20-30' - you end up with too many centimetres,
and metres require point this or that at closer range. As for
millimetres...
James
On 19 Sep 2008, at 10:50, Andrew Fildes wrote:
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> Unlike Moose I really don't get that one at all.
> Carpenters here have no problem, apart from dealing with residual
> imperial lengths rather than a true metric approach.
> It's a bloody site easier than the alternative, as mm can be used as
> a measurement for most jobs - no resort to cm necessary.
> Imagine, no fractions or decimal points - a length is either 731mm or
> 725mm or....
> Simple.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
> On 19/09/2008, at 1:51 PM, Mike wrote:
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>>> Too late, I suppose, but a system more linear in nature would be
>>> more intuitive.
>> The metric system is intuitive and logical. Unfortunately realized
>> by
>> ivory tower types rather than carpenters.
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