Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Mark, I think the website meant round to the third. So the different is in the rounding. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > 2/3's as a decimal is 0.6666. > 0.7251 - 0.6666 = 0.0585 > Cant figure out what fraction that would be. > > Bottom line a 1.4 is for sure faster than a 1.8 not by an incremental > amount > like I thought. > > > > > -- > Mark R. > > > > From: Quan Tran <quantran101 at gmail.com> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 19:36:00 -0700 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] 1.8 vs. 1.4!?!? > > > > I found this: http://imaginatorium.org/stuff/stops.htm > > > > When I select "precised", it show 0.7251 stops > > When I select "third", it gave me 2/3 stops. > > > > -Quan. > > > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > > > >> I looked up f 1.8 vs. 1.4 thinking it was between a half and a quarter > of a > >> stop and they are saying its 2/3rds!?!?! Anybody know that that's true? > >> > >> Where is there a photo calculator that tells you these things?!?!? > >> > >> -- > >> Mark R. > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Quan Tran. > > blog: http://fluxlux.blogspot.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Quan Tran. blog: http://fluxlux.blogspot.com/