Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jem Kime jotted down the following: > As the film industry noted many years ago, F stops are only theoretical values > of light transmission not the true values actually obtained. For this reason > the professional cine industry works to T stops, (standing for True). I was > often told in my youth by my father that a Leitz lens of F2.8 would equal a > lesser lens of F2, at that time I didn't understand but can appreciate what he > was trying to say now. Then how come incident light meters work with Leica cameras and do not result in overexposure? M. - -- Martin Howard | Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | Shit happens. email: howard.390@osu.edu | www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +---------------------------------------