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PeterN
SubjectRe: ISO value names are becoming ridiculous
FromPeterN
Date01/06/2016 17:56 (01/06/2016 11:56)
Message-ID<n6jh2r025tu@news6.newsguy.com>
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On 1/6/2016 11:20 AM, nospam wrote:

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

nospam
so are f/stops and shutter speeds.

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

nospam
so what?

philo
A linear system would now make more sense

nospam
definitely not. it would only confuse things.

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

So says the marketing and psychology expert.

-- PeterN