> Thanks for the dial calculator. I downloaded it and am going to make one.
> I have been using something similar but it is a bit more cumbersome. I made
> a long slide-rule with all of the f-stops and speeds projected beyond my
> handheld light meter. The only information my slide rule has that the dial
> doesn't have is that I have included f-stops and shutter speeds halfway
> between each of the standard settings. For example: the extra f-stop
> between f/22 and f/32 would be f/27.25. I have done this all the way up to
> f/4096 and 16,384 seconds (or 4.5 hours). Most people don't need to go that
> high but you never know.
I just copied the dial on my LunaPro meter and extended it.
First I made a pencil copy, then figured out how to do it
in postscript. Certainly beats trying to do it in your head.
Your slide rule idea works too. It's just the dial straightened out.
I tried it straight before trying the dial.
Received on Thu Dec 28 20:16:24 2000
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