The maths of photography: ƒ stops by the numbers.
- January 24th, 2010
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- By Edie
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Steve Berardi of Photonaturalist has a great post up on why you should memorize the ƒ number series. For those of us who are pulling our knowledge together, it’s a gentle introduction into some of the basic maths of photography. Ever wonder how ƒ stops get numbered? What is the difference between ƒ/1 and ƒ/1.4?
Thanks to Steve for this wonderful post! Go read it, and be sure to tell him you came from The Little Red Tent.


You know those people who said, “I’m never going to use math in the real world, so why do I have to learn this” in high school? Yeah, this if for them.
Edie – thanks so much for the shout out! Glad you enjoyed the post!
Richard – lol, cheers to math