>From: "F. Craig Callahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Tom DelRosario wrote:
>
> > Sorry for the off-topic question. But, even though I am reading a lot
>of photography books, I have never seen an answer to this question: if the
>frame size is 24mm x 36 mm, then why is it called 35 mm film?
>
>It's the width of the film. 35mm filmstocks were first used as
>motion-picture film; the sprocket holes are one reason why long rolls are
>possible.
24mm x 36mm is image size, 35mm is film width (measured from side to side
including sprocket holes)
Good light
Grega
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