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01/10/2007 05:34:12 PMPost actions · #1
I hate to admit, but I either never have known or totally forgot having known...
What does the "F" in f-stop stand for?
or the "f"in f/8?
Thanks in advance for the remedial photo lesson.
01/10/2007 05:38:47 PMPost actions · #2
01/10/2007 05:41:00 PMPost actions · #3
Found this link..
I think it Explains it all
Focal length and F-Stop
not fast enough ;)Message edited by author 2007-01-10 17:42:19.
01/10/2007 06:20:33 PMPost actions · #4
Originally posted by Matrix2:
Found this link..
I think it Explains it all
Focal length and F-Stop
not fast enough ;)
But a much better link IMO, thanks
01/10/2007 06:27:26 PMPost actions · #5
Going by //www.paragon-press.com/lens/lenchart.htm it says that the "f" is the focal length. In that case, it is possible to have a f/1? I don't think I've ever heard of one anyways...
01/10/2007 06:36:34 PMPost actions · #6
01/10/2007 06:36:36 PMPost actions · #7
The f in f-stop is the "focal ratio", the ratio of the focal length of the lens to the diameter of the aperture.
And yes, there have been f1.0 lenses .
Stanley Kubrick used an f0.7 lens in making one of his movies.
01/13/2007 11:23:32 PMPost actions · #8
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
The f in f-stop is the "focal ratio", the ratio of the focal length of the lens to the diameter of the aperture.
And yes, there have been f1.0 lenses .
Stanley Kubrick used an f0.7 lens in making one of his movies.
Kubrick
01/13/2007 11:27:11 PMPost actions · #9
F = a word you don't wanna know!
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....ya is talking camera talk...hehehehehe!!
It stands for F-go, or was that F-maybe...no, no....F-stop...hehehehe!!