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    Re: Why is aperture backwards??

    The first time focal ratios were explained to me they were called F.Stops. The bigger the number the more light stopping power the aperture setting had.
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    Re: Why is aperture backwards??

    For a 5.6 lens, Largest Aperture = focal_length/5.6. Hence f/5.6 is the common notation derived from maths

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    Re: Why is aperture backwards??

    Aperture backwards? Wouldn't that be, "erurtrepa" ?

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    Substitute a 1 for the f and it will all make sense.
    f/1.4 1/1.4

    f/2 1/2

    f/4 1/4

    f/5.6 1/5.6

    f/8 1/8

    f/11 1/11

    f/16 1/16


    etc.

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    What strange gods of optics declared that the the closer the camera is to an object, the further the lens has to be from the film for the object to be in focus?!!!!!
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    Why is aperture backwards??

    Quote Originally Posted by Vaughn View Post
    What strange gods of optics declared that the the closer the camera is to an object, the further the lens has to be from the film for the object to be in focus?!!!!!
    This is a very interesting observation. If it were the opposite, then landscape photography wouldn’t be possible as the further away the camera is from the object, the further the lens would have to be from the film (in this opposite logic situation). So focusing to infinity would be difficult. So it has to be the other way. Otherwise we wouldn’t have working eyes. I guess you could say life could exist without vision. But not this forum. Ergo, since this forum exists..... :-)

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    Strange inverse natural laws indeed . . .

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    Don't feel bad, ISO is backwards, a higher number when less exposure is needed; wire gauge is backwards, a larger number is smaller wire, Shore value is backwards, a larger number is less compliant; color temperature is backwards, a hotter temperature is COOLER light; sandpaper is backwards, a higher number is smaller grit; springs are backwards, cut in half and it is twice as strong; A 10.5T electric motor is more powerful than a 25.5T motor; in vehicle dynamics a higher roll center produces less roll; and many others....

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    Re: Why is aperture backwards??

    Quote Originally Posted by ic-racer View Post
    Don't feel bad, ISO is backwards, a higher number when less exposure is needed; wire gauge is backwards, a larger number is smaller wire, Shore value is backwards, a larger number is less compliant; color temperature is backwards, a hotter temperature is COOLER light; sandpaper is backwards, a higher number is smaller grit; springs are backwards, cut in half and it is twice as strong; A 10.5T electric motor is more powerful than a 25.5T motor; in vehicle dynamics a higher roll center produces less roll; and many others....
    Too bad age isn't like that.

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    Live your life backwards?

    What happens when we move the studio light farther away?
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