Re: [OM] RFC, & question about abbreviation for micro four thirds

[Piers Hemy]

Not on this occasion, Chris, as you can be forgiven that outside North
America, the Olympus Stylus range of point-and-shoot cameras was branded ...
mju.

Piers

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Trask [mailto:christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 29 November 2013 12:58
To: Olympus Camera Discussion; Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] RFC, & question about abbreviation for micro four thirds

>
>>
>>> A question I have: what is the best abbreviation for micro 
>>> four-thirds? The article currently mentions "m43" and "MFT", then 
>>> uses MFT everywhere else. I'm inclined to change it to use m43, 
>>> mostly because MFT looks a bit ugly in the text. Is that a good 
>>> idea? Are there other abbreviations in use?
>>> 
>> 
>>     In tech-speak, micro is designated as the lower case Greek letter 
>> mu, but you can use "u".  So, micro four-thirds could be designated as
u43 (sounds like a WWII German U-boat) or u4/3.
>> 
>
>mju not u - on an Olympus list, you should know better!
>

     Uh oh!  The grammar/punctuation police will be after me now.


Chris
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