by "joe mama" <dmoss74@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 24, 2007 at 03:16 PM
"Richard Polhill" <richard.news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Take the diagonal of the frame, so pythagoras says: ?(x²+y²).
>
> 5"x 4" = 127mm x 101.6mm which has a diagonal of 162.64mm.
>
> 6 x 9 has a diagonal of 108.17mm.
>
> Crop factor is therefore 1.5x or ?x. Your guess was spot on.
thanks for the answers, and a small pat on the back--pesonally--for the
guess ;=)