Re: Determining the amount of overexposure

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Greg disgraces himself:

> > I set the aperture to f128 which would be f32 on the US system.


Brian Asks:
> f/128? Focal length divided by 128? This is *different* on the US
> system??? Really? How?


The 'US system' is the 'Uniform System' - an early aperture 'standard'..
At that same time 'Intensity Ratios', were evolving and would later become
the f-stops we know today (intensity ratio being the ratio of the focal
length to the size of the aperture)


you can find more at:
http://www.ai.sri.com/~luong/photography/lf/shutters.html


karl


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