Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Your photo math is as good as your syntax. :-) Jerry Mark Rabiner wrote: > ><Snip> You in effect gain TWO f > > >stops with the 35 Asph Summilux. One on the F stop scale and one on the > > >shutter speed scale. Available light shooters would sure appreciate that > > >kind of stuff most of the times! > > > > Now I am itching to ask, > > How do you arrive at the gain in two stops? > > > > Dan K. > > > Because with a 35mm lens you can shoot a stop slower than a 50. > According to the hand held focal length equals shutter speed rule… > a 50 you can shoot at a 60th. A 35 you can shoot at a 30th. Rounded off. > > Make allowances for photographers on Lithium; or Zen master photographers. > > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.rabinergroup.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html