Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Make that emperor On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 16:35:41 -0600, Jeffery Smith <jefferys@gmail.com> wrote: > You have to factor in how many negatives are damaged when the hapless > photographer gets his Diafine bottles switched during development. But > I will try again tonight with some Delta 400. I cannot find any Fuji > 800 anywhere in the house. > > But that ratio does have me up near emporer status. :-0 > > > On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 15:30:14 -0700, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: > > Sciences have their ratios carved in stone, > > reflecting wisdom and truth...certainly we could > > barely function in science and medicine without > > critical numerical relationships that guide us and > > reassure us in times of uncertainty... > > > > How might this relate to photography ? > > ...well.... I wonder, if we haven't by a stroke > > of good fortune tumbled to the concept of the L to > > P ratio. > > The L/P ratio, where L= the # of lenses owned, > > and P = the # of photographs taken... might go > > something like this.... when L/P exceeds 10, the > > image quality of each photo taken goes up by > > some constant, for example , by the square of the > > ratio... > > > > we can actually make this work to our advantage > > in two unrelated ways...1. buy more lenses and > > 2. take fewer photographs... > > > > ...possibly someone can help me with this, my math > > was never much good.... > > > > ;-) > > > > Steve > > > > >>>someone optimistically said....I've got the multicoated one but have > > >>>not had much of an opportunity > > >>>to use it yet. > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >