FROM: "Al Denelsbeck" <denelsbeck@ipassonspam.net>
SUBJECT: Re: Why 24x36?
DATE: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 09:21:50 -0400
ORGANIZATION: iPass.Net
NEWSGROUPS: rec.photo.equipment.35mm




Yoonki Kim wrote in message <8rk05v$s8o$1@news.loxinfo.co.th>...
>Anyone knows why 35mm film uses 24x36mm frame?
>
>Yoonki Kim
>
>Yoonki's website : http://www.vassl.com/yoonki/
>
>

    Not to disparage anybody, but the replies you've received so far have
been the cleaned up marketing version of the truth.

    In reality, it was one of those subliminal advertising things, since a
roll of 36 exposures would produce 36 X 24 X 36, or what are considered
'ideal' measurements for a woman. Thus another attempt to appeal to the
libido of the target market.

    This is the same reason we have long lenses on the market - you can
actually acheive a 500mm focal length with a lens only three inches long.
But they wouldn't sell nearly as well.

    And I think I better drop this before it develops into another 'black
lens vs white lens' thread...

    :-)