[sdiy] Metric OT rant

[Ian Fritz]

Here's some historical information, although it doesn't exactly answer the 
question. Apparently Kodak was already making 70 mm film, so they cut it in 
half.

http://www.sci.fi/~animato/filmhist/filmhist.html


At 08:25 AM 8/11/2002, John L Marshall wrote:
>Question.
>
>I understand that Thomas Edison invented motion pictures. Edison specified
>the film and it was manufactured by George Eastman. Why 35mm?