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Eric Stevens
SubjectRe: ISO value names are becoming ridiculous
FromEric Stevens
Date01/07/2016 03:35 (01/07/2016 15:35)
Message-ID<mnjr8bpjd9i457paoval5b2omguhqn4ibc@4ax.com>
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On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 11:20:42 -0500, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> 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.

It's already happening. --

Regards,

Eric Stevens

nospam (2h & 10m) > Eric Stevens