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camz
Joined: 15 Apr 2004
Posts: 138
PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 6:05 am

I am looking for a conversion table for the
old US f-stops.
Les
Joined: 09 May 2001
Posts: 2682
PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 12:37 pm

There is a mathmatical formula but it's a whole lot easier to remember that F16 and US 16 are the same. Write the us scale. 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256

Then start and 16 and work toward both ends

16 22 32 45 64
4 5.6 8 11 16
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