In a message dated 11/24/2002 5:51:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Of course exposure and focus are important. Getting dark? Bigger hole > or faster shutter. That's all you need to know. f/2.8 doesn't mean a damn > thing. The reason cameras (not just modern ones) have pictures of the > sun going behind clouds on them is precisely that people are already > confused. And that's because f-stops are a crap user > interface. > > --- > > Bob Okay, you weren't being tongue-in-cheek and actually I agree with you. When I look at f stops I think, "How archaic.", and "Who's the genius that thought this up, that everyone has to use forever afterward". I mean, everything tries to have a more user-friendlier interface these days: M$, operating systems, computers, VCRs, watches, cars, irons, everything. Why not a symbol meaning wide open (3.5 or whatever) and one meaning as closed down as possible (probably 22) and marks indicating either full stops or half stops in between? All kinds of people taking pictures these days, and there is no reason to stick with a user interface that is rather confusing, just because it's been around for a while. (The manual could tell the one who really wants to know which dot or which mark correlated to which f stop). Doe aka Marnie Hehehe.
