Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One is a round Listerine bottle, the other is a square whiskey bottle No mixup, and you get to drink the contents. .Jeffery Smith wrote: >You have to factor in how many negatives are damaged when the hapless >photographer gets his Diafine bottles switched during development. But >I will try again tonight with some Delta 400. I cannot find any Fuji >800 anywhere in the house. > >But that ratio does have me up near emporer status. :-0 > > >On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 15:30:14 -0700, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: > > >>Sciences have their ratios carved in stone, >>reflecting wisdom and truth...certainly we could >>barely function in science and medicine without >>critical numerical relationships that guide us and >>reassure us in times of uncertainty... >> >>How might this relate to photography ? >>...well.... I wonder, if we haven't by a stroke >>of good fortune tumbled to the concept of the L to >>P ratio. >>The L/P ratio, where L= the # of lenses owned, >>and P = the # of photographs taken... might go >>something like this.... when L/P exceeds 10, the >>image quality of each photo taken goes up by >>some constant, for example , by the square of the >>ratio... >> >>we can actually make this work to our advantage >>in two unrelated ways...1. buy more lenses and >>2. take fewer photographs... >> >>...possibly someone can help me with this, my math >>was never much good.... >> >>;-) >> >>Steve >> >> >> >>>>>someone optimistically said....I've got the multicoated one but have >>>>>not had much of an opportunity >>>>>to use it yet. >>>>> >>>>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >