----- Original Message ----- From: "syb vis" Subject: Re: FID (Film is Dead)
> However, this causes in the end a new problem. New students will no > longer understand much of the old-days-language which has been > transferred to the modern digital technology. My daughter (now two > years old) will ask me later why the sensitivity of the camera should > be set on 100-200-400-800-1600-3200. Why not 1-2-3-4-5-6? > Why are all those lenses' focal distances to be multiplied by 1.5? Why > don't we call a lens that gives 75mm of focal distance on a DSLR, > simply ''75mm''? > But then, hey! Hasn't there always been a miscommunication between the > generations? > Little of a comfort to me, though... Get real. The ISO standard for sensitivity has nothing more to do with film than that it was agreed upon when film was the only light sensitive medium in use. Anyone who is playing the multiplication game with focal lengths is playing a fools game, and needs to learn what the equipment they are using is doing, rather than trying to play in the 1980s. OTOH, we needed some MP3s for our slide presentations, and I had to ask the pretty girl at the coffee place next door to us where was a good place to download classical music from, as I had no idea. She sent me to a website that was heavily into 60s and 70s rock and roll..... William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
