RE: stops and scales

2002-08-14 Thread J. C. O'Connell
45 f 45 11 > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott J. Fine > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 3:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re

RE: stops and scales

2002-08-14 Thread Peifer, William [OCDUS]
Scott Fine wrote: > Please tell me if this is correct - I subtracted one stop from the next > largest, divided that number by 2 and added the result to the larger > aperture. I cam up with the following 1/2 stop scale Hi Scott, Nope, sorry -- the results are close, but the method is not cor

Re: stops and scales

2002-08-14 Thread Scott J. Fine
You write: >Scott J. Fine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >"I am under the impression that f-stops are measured in a scale that is >either based on 1 or 1.4, as in: > >1, 1.4, 2, 2.8, 4.0, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22, 32..." > >It's actually based on the square root of 2 (1.414) and has to do with how >the a

stops and scales

2002-08-13 Thread Scott J. Fine
I am fairly new to photography (3 years) and, while I am better at the math these days, it is still a source of confusion for me. I am under the impression that f-stops are measured in a scale that is either based on 1 or 1.4, as in: 1, 1.4, 2, 2.8, 4.0, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22, 32... Of course I