Actually, I think it is more the other way round. If you look a bit more closely on the European offers your in for a surprise.

My preferred printer offers e.g.
20 x 30 cm prints. A look at the table of print sizes reveals it is 203 x 305 mm big. Why is that? Well,
8 inches x 25.4 mm/inch = 203.2 mm
12 inches x 25.4 mm/inch = 304.8 mm
So a European 20 x 30 cm print is actually a 8 x 12 inch print.
And they state their resolution, of course, in ppi or dpi. And this is a common thing with photo printers.
Yes, there are some metric formats as well as some from the A series on offer, but the most common sizes are still essentially imperial.

The empire strikes back!
May the force be with you...
Prieni

Ehm... is it me being thick or why do I not see an insult in what George wrote?

Is it because of his advice to either learn to use your tools or to get different ones? It's good advice for all sorts of things, not only cameras.

Or is it because he states that buying sophisticated equipment and then not learn how to use it effectively seems not very bright to him? Does it seem smart to you?

As I said, I cannot see an insult in what he wrote. He made four statements and I wholeheartedly subscribe to each of those...

Prieni

Congratulations to Darkmunk and thanks to Mike for setting another great theme with a good variety of entries.
I can see why Darkmunk's shot won, it certainly has great potential. I was a bit disappointed, though, that it was so "hastily cobbled together". He had another week to go and could have done this great shot justice by putting it together with more TLC (tender loving care). The haste does show in between the twigs and roots where some areas of the sky behind have been adjusted and others haven't.
Shame on you, Darkmunk, for that. And "well done" at the same time for this fantastic shot. I'm looking forward to see this beauty at different times over the coming year.

My favourite was Martin's "Opening Pandora's box....."

On to Christmas then...

Prieni

Well Aiki, there never was a better time to switch parties
If you don't want to work on your pics, what do you need a graphics tablet for::
Now I'm confused...

Prieni

That are cool shots, like them

Well, I had to go to Spain and spend some time in a hotel at the Costa Brava (the things they make you do for work, horrible ) and just returned.
I had a pretty good idea of which one I wanted to submit or so I thought. Looking through the archives I found about 7 possible entries (and these all were taking the theme literally).

And then I had to shoot the entry for the fortnightly competition as well... and get some prints ordered...

Prieni

Ah yes, prized out, again...

Seamless joint

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Taken 7. December with K20D, Sigma 105/2.8 EX DG Macro, AF360FGZ at grazing angle. Joint of a staircase step (yes, that spiral staircase again).
EXIF should be intact.

Prieni

David: Sorry that the mail takes a bit longer. Hope it comes through before midnight But it could well be that British customs are having a party on me...
But it's always a little slow with the huge ones...
Of course it's not a bribe but a small token of appreciation for your judging

Prieni

Now you say that! I didn't know it and tried sending hampers and bottles to the judges every week. I thought it was like any other public competition...

Prieni