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SubjectRe: ISO value names are becoming ridiculous
Fromnospam
Date01/06/2016 17:20 (01/06/2016 11:20)
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FollowupsPeterN (35m)
Eric Stevens (10h & 15m) > nospam

In article <n6jdck$8rg$1@dont-email.me>, philo <philo@privacy.net> wrote:

philo
ISO values are logarithmic and when in the days of film

so are f/stops and shutter speeds.

I doubt if anyone realized how high the values could get once there were digital cameras.

so what?

A linear system would now make more sense

definitely not. it would only confuse things.

it's a bit like converting to metric. not gonna happen.

PeterN (35m)
Eric Stevens (10h & 15m) > nospam