'Stop' history and usage
- From: "ronviers@xxxxxxxxx" <ronviers@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 20 Jan 2006 01:20:59 -0800
I was wondering how the word stop came to mean cut the light in half?
Maybe someone could provide me with a link to that story.
Also I am a little confused about how to use it. For example, if I
close the iris one stop that reduces the aperture area by half. But if
I cut the time the shutter is open by half does that constitute a stop?
What about ISO (indirectly) and ND filters, are their reductions in
light referred to as stops too?
Thanks,
Ron
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