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Photographic terminology and words you hate.

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Eu!
 
I hate the Brits for reversing format dimensions as in 5x4.They are just backwards.and I have news for them;the sun has set on the Bitish empire.In fact, a long time ago.You just slept through itand still live n the past.so just get it it's 4x5and 8x10!getit?gotit? good!
 
RalphLambrecht said:
it's 4x5and 8x10!getit?gotit? good!
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It's always X (horizontal) by Y (vertical) so it's 5 x 4.

All coordinates, graph designations. etc. I can think of always put the horizontal element first.


Steve.
 
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Portrait: 4x5
Landscape: 5x4

No worries, just shoot square.
 
Steve Smith said:
It's always X (horizontal) by Y (vertical) so it's 5 x 4.

All coordinates, graph designations. etc. I can think of always put the horizontal element first.


Steve.
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For whatever reason the US standard for photography has always been to put the short dimension first. 5x4 and 10x8 do sound weird to us, but I imagine 4x5 and 8x10 sound equally odd to people who are used to the other version.
 
Roger Cole said:
For whatever reason the US standard for photography has always been to put the short dimension first. 5x4 and 10x8 do sound weird to us, but I imagine 4x5 and 8x10 sound equally odd to people who are used to the other version.
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The strange thing is that whilst I always use 5x4, I also usually say 8x10 rather than 10x8 which is a bit odd.

Metric sizes too are normally quoted short side first, whatever the country. e.g. 24mm x 36mm, 6x9, 6,12, etc. These are all vertical first. It would be silly to describe a panoramic camera as 17x6 although entirely logical!

Steve Smith said:
All coordinates, graph designations. etc. I can think of always put the horizontal element first.
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I seem to have proven myself wrong by finding more exceptions to the rule than things which adhere to it. A bit like the i before e except after c fallacy.


Steve.
 
Steve Smith said:
I seem to have proven myself wrong by finding more exceptions to the rule than things which adhere to it. A bit like the i before e except after c fallacy.


Steve.
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"...or when sounded as 'a' as in 'neighbor' and 'weigh'...unless it's weird."

With that expansion it's usually correct.
 
Steve Smith said:
It's always X (horizontal) by Y (vertical) so it's 5 x 4.

All coordinates, graph designations. etc. I can think of always put the horizontal element first.


Steve.
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But what if you have a rotating back?
 
Steve Smith said:
It's always X (horizontal) by Y (vertical) so it's 5 x 4.

All coordinates, graph designations. etc. I can think of always put the horizontal element first.


Steve.
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people ,living on islands do all things differently for some reason(British logic escapes mesometimes)
 
Truzi said:
I'm not sure if that works, though. Here in the States the 6 would be one axis, while in Europe it would be the other.
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Good point. There'd be a lot of threads asking which way to put the negatives in the scanner...
 
E. von Hoegh said:
I wonder if an English 4x2 really measures 3 3/4x1 3/4??
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Cut - no, planed - yes.

When timber yards went metric, it was sold in multiples of 300mm length. This was referred to as a metric foot!


Steve.
 
I hate abbreviations. They are often meaningless if english is not your first language.
Regards Michael, from Denmark.
 
app
 
"dust specks in the camera"

Not that the phrase is bad per-se... just hate when it happens
 
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