Hi friends: KODAK and the VHS company are only producing for sustaining their profit line. 4/3 is certainly the aspect ratio, which may be adjustable in the future production line. I have already earned a *Black Label* and I feel I should remain to restrict my area. Are we fighting for a cause or creating *the cause* to fight? To me it appears that the very cause 'of promoting METRIC SYSTEM' is getting drowned! Brij B. Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: "Wizard of OS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [USMA:22363] Re: 2 metric companies developing non-metric devices >Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 11:46:52 +0200 > >Kodak mentioned Full Frame LCD, I guess they meant full 35 mm aspect, so >this makes me considering that 4/3" aren hidden 35 mm! > >what do you think about it? > >bye >----- Original Message ----- >From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 5:53 AM >Subject: [USMA:22360] Re: 2 metric companies developing non-metric devices > > > > 2002-09-26 > > > > > > I don't think the 4/3 refers to inches at all. If you look down the >chart, > > the 4/3 is listed as the aspect ratio. That is, the dimensions are 4 >units > > long and 3 units high. If you look again at the chart the photoactive >area > > is given as 17.8 �m x 13.4 �m. 17.8 x 3/4 = 13.4 and 13.4 x 4/3 = 17.8. > > > > If I'm not mistaken, the VHS video camera CCD sensor was called a 2/3 >inch > > sensor. Now that I see this page, I think the 2/3 had nothing to do >with > > inches, but was the width to length aspect ratio of the device. > > > > This is getting to the point of utter ridiculousness placing the term > > "inches" where it does not apply. An aspect ratio is unitless. Markus >and > > Michael, since you are both fluent in German, you need to contact PC >welt > > and straighten them out. They really need to stop parroting inches or >zoll > > with out verifying if inch is real or used as a trade name and to start > > using metric trade names where they apply when writing in German. I'm >sure > > they think a 3.5 zoll floppy is 88.9 mm instead of the true 90 mm width. > > > > Point them to this page shown below and show them that nothing is in >zoll. > > > > John > > > > > > Subject: [USMA:22352] Re: 2 metric companies developing non-metric >devices > > > I'm puzzled, as to what dimension in that system will be 4/3". The > > > sensor shown on > > > > > > http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/digital/ccd/kaf5100ce.shtml > > > > > has an image area diagonale of 22.3 mm. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
