11/2/2022 0 Comments Camera f stop chart![]() Although apertures are one way to increase or decrease light, there are two other ways…via shutter speed and ISO, right? #Camera f stop chart fullInstead, just memorize the numbers and know that each jump is one full stop, which translates to either doubling or halving the amount of light coming into your camera depending on which direction you move. Of course they stem from actual values and optical physics, but let’s not go into that here. So, I instead choose to view the above numbers more as categorical rather than mathematical values. While that might be intuitive, going from 1.4 to 2.8, it’s less so when going from f/8 to f/11, yet that still decreases light by half. Each step, or stop, in the above chart, going from left to right, is letting in exactly half as much light. ![]() The key here is to not let the numerical values of f-stops confuse you. When someone says “try and open the aperture up one full stop”, they’re basically saying to move a step wider (to the left) using the above chart. But yes, it does all stem from f-stops and apertures. While an f-stop is maybe the most familiar photographic “stop”, a “stop” really refers to the amount of light you’re letting into your camera. ![]() In our new series, we’re going to help define and explain these terms so that you too can become fluent in “photography speak” in no time. Words and phrases like full stop, bokeh, grain, ND grad, etc., can quickly overwhelm. In the world of photography, there can sometimes appear to be an entirely unique language-one that has some pretty technical-sounding words. ![]()
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