From: Campos & Davis Photos (photos@campos-davis.co.uk)
Date: 02/13/00-06:19:30 PM Z
I always thought it comes from 120mm the neg being 6cm x 6cm. But that
may be wrong.
In UK we used to have 127 film, but that was smaller.
That being the case why is 127 film smaller than 120, and where did
35mm get its name for that matter?
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----- Original Message -----
From: Peter McDonald <Peter.McDonald@afp.gov.au>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: 14 February 2000 00:02
Subject: Another off-topic query
Does anyone know the origin of the 120 film format, ie where doe the
120 figure com from/
Peter.
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