Is there a reason that distances are now shown in kilometres
indemnity said, 1628932194
Buddygb said, 1628933120
Yes! None of your pesky metric measurements here.
Pesonally I love my Canon 31/32' - 4 1/8' f4 L. It was a tricky purchase as the chap in the shop wouldn't accept groats.
:)
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Danny. said, 1628934421
I'm with Buddy. Imperial all the way. I use a 1.9685 inch lens for general stuff, and a 3.34646 inch lens for portraits. Nothing will make me change this point of view.
art65 said, 1628935043
Go to the purple cog....Manage your account then General site settings, make your choices and save.
richsoansphotos said, 1628935986
I've always had miles, and its always stayed like that. So you might have accidentally changed it
Timmee said, 1628937189
Is there a reason that distances are now shown in kilometres?
It's just one of the subtle behavioural modification experiments being conducted by government Nudge Unit scientists - and described in Laura Dodsworth's new book 'State of Fear'.
The idea of this one is to make distances seem further so that people do not want to leave their houses to meet (and do shoots.) A secondary effect (intended by experts) is to maintain alignment with The E.U.
A nightmare scenario for scientist & experts would be a model from Exeter meeting up with a photographer from Southampton and their discussing things in old imperial measurements using politically incorrect language.
;-)
Edited by Timmee
AK said, 1628937118
SteveDeansPhotography said, 1628937512
It's great because all the people I don't like are further away now
Danny. said, 1628938286
richiesoans said
I've always had miles, and its always stayed like that. So you might have accidentally changed it
I've always had it in miles, and have never changed it. I'm showing kilometers at present. Perhaps somebody else at PP HQ has accidentally changed a few.
BigBaldTone said, 1628938805
Just changed all of mine to UK & Imperial.
You would have thought if you are a UK based user of the site, that would be the default...
Russ Freeman (staff) said, 1628939432
Found and fixed a bug related to this and that has caused it.
It should be live on Monday.
Danny. said, 1628939686
Russ Freeman said
Found and fixed a bug related to this and that has caused it.
It should be live on Monday.
We have to wait until Monday?! That kilometres away. ;-)
art65 said, 1628939874
Danny Molyneux said
Russ Freeman said
Found and fixed a bug related to this and that has caused it.
It should be live on Monday.
We have to wait until Monday?! That kilometres away. ;-)
Longer than you have had hot dinners.
Russ Freeman (staff) said, 1628940790
Danny Molyneux said
Russ Freeman said
Found and fixed a bug related to this and that has caused it.
It should be live on Monday.
We have to wait until Monday?! That kilometres away. ;-)
You are so funny, thank you for brightening my day :-)
CalmNudes said, 1628942762
Danny Molyneux said
I'm with Buddy. Imperial all the way. I use a 1.9685 inch lens for general stuff, and a 3.34646 inch lens for portraits. Nothing will make me change this point of view.
I'm a picture of confusion, my height is Feet and inches, but otherwise short distances are measured in mm, long ones in yards and miles, unless they're race distances (mostly in meters, unless it's horses which are in furlongs), railway distances (chains) or water depths (meters). Radio wavelengths used to be in meters but now we use frequency instead. Large areas are easier in meters, since 10 square chains (one acre) confuses people, but huge areas are better expressed in square miles.
Pressure is in bar, (~ 100KPa) unless it is car tyres when it needs to be in PSI. Temperatures are in Celsius when cold (freezing is zero) and Farenheit when it's hot (a hot day is over 70) .
Fuel consumption is in miles per gallon but fuel comes in litres - like most things, unless they are drinkable when it's pints and fl oz. Recipes are ounces and I don't want a menu to offer me a 225g steak or a 125 grammer with cheese, but medication is mg not grains or scruples. Most non-edibles are metric, except my weight that's Stone and pounds (never just pounds). Oh and sacks of potatoes they're half a hundred-weight - (which is four stone but never called that).