Subject | Re: ISO value names are becoming ridiculous |
From | PeterN |
Date | 01/06/2016 17:56 (01/06/2016 11:56) |
Message-ID | <n6jh2r025tu@news6.newsguy.com> |
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Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital |
Follows | nospam |
nospamSo says the marketing and psychology expert.
In article <n6jdck$8rg$1@dont-email.me>, philo <philo@privacy.net> wrote:philonospam
ISO values are logarithmic and when in the days of film
so are f/stops and shutter speeds.philonospam
I doubt if anyone realized how high the values could get once there were digital cameras.
so what?philonospam
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.