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Before the adoption of the metric system, several European countries had customary units whose name translates into "inch". The French pouce measured roughly 27.0 mm, at least when applied to describe the calibre of artillery pieces. The Amsterdam foot (voet) consisted of 11 Amsterdam inches (duim). The Amsterdam foot is about 8% shorter than ...
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35 mm film is scanned for release on DVD at 1080 or 2000 lines as of 2005. The actual resolution of 35 mm original camera negatives is the subject of much debate. Measured resolutions of negative film have ranged from 25–200 LP/mm, which equates to a range of 325 lines for 2-perf, to (theoretically) over 2300 lines for 4-perf shot on T-Max 100.
0.188 mm 7.401 thou 1 ⁄ 12 of a ligne. This unit is usually called the Truchet point in English. Prior to the French Revolution the Fournier point was also in use. It was 1 ⁄ 6 of a ligne or 1 ⁄ 864 of the smaller French foot. ligne: 1 ⁄ 144: 2.256 mm 88.81 thou 1 ⁄ 12 of a pouce. This corresponds to the line, a traditional English ...
The Paris inch or pouce is an archaic unit of length that, among other uses, was common for giving the measurement of lenses. [1] The Paris inch could be subdivided into 12 Paris lines ( ligne ), and 12 Paris inches made a Paris foot . [ 1 ]
English: 155-mm Howitzer M1A1 Cdn on Carriage M1A2 Cdn (manufactured by Sorel Industries Limited, Quebec), aka M114 Cdn, Royal Canadian Legion, Minto, New Brunswick. Date 11 October 2011, 13:46:20
For example, the Nikon D3 and D700 cameras' nominally full-frame sensors actually measure 36 × 23.9 mm, slightly smaller than a 36 × 24 mm frame of 35 mm film. As another example, the Pentax K200D 's sensor (made by Sony ) measures 23.5 × 15.7 mm, while the contemporaneous K20D 's sensor (made by Samsung ) measures 23.4 × 15.6 mm.