In a message dated 11/25/2002 3:01:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi, > > you've misunderstood. I'm not suggesting any changes to the laws of > physics. I'm suggesting a simpler user interface to the laws of > physics, eg: > > Label f-stop > 1 90 > 2 64 > 3 45 > 4 32 > 5 22 > 6 16 > 7 11 > 8 8 > 9 5.6 > 10 4 > 11 2.8 > 12 2 > 13 1.4 > 14 1 > 15 0.7 > > Label the lens as indicated. Then the number gets bigger when the hole > gets bigger. That's all. 99.99999% of people using cameras don't need > to know anything about the f-stop system, and the f-stop > system > confuses people when they're trying to learn to use cameras. > > --- > > Bob Bravo! I am certainly enough of a newbie to know how confusing it is to learn. (Though I've got the basic prinicple down now, but there are other things I still find confusing.) In our class (recently finished), about 1/2 of the students dropped out. When the teacher explained f stops one night (well, actually this was the first night because I asked her which f stop I should probably use on the first assignment because I had an all manual camera and knew diddly about which f stop to choose -- she really wanted to explain f stops later, most had auto cameras with manual override), one of the students asked, "Are you sure this beginning photography???" Doe aka Marnie Hehehe.
