Radium spake thus:

j wrote:

Radium wrote:

Hi:

Is it true that in the days of B&W film and optical track audio, that
the films were formatted differently in different countries?

No, but there is sometimes confusion regarding certain sheet films which
were given in metric sizes. You can still get those oddball sizes from J&C.

By "metric size", are you referring to the size of the film or are you
referring to the type of measurement used to measure the film?

"Metric sizes" are film sizes normally stated in, well, metric measures,
like 6x9 and 9x12 (both in centimeters), as opposed to "inch"-sized
films, like 4x5, 5x7, 8x10, etc. So, counterintuitively, 9x12 film is
smaller than 4x5 film.



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