I still don't see how you want to use square roots to convert filter factors into stops or visa versa. I believe the equations given below do that much simpler. Regards Ralph W. Lambrecht http://www.darkroomagic.com On 2006-10-03 02:07, "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ralph W. Lambrecht" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "PureSilverNew" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 2:57 AM > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: estimating filter factor: gray > card? > > >> The square root function is not used to turn filter >> factors into f/stops or >> visa versa? I think this has caused some confusion before. >> >> The conversion can be done using the following: >> >> x = 2^N >> log(x) = log(2)*N >> N = log(x)/log(2) >> >> where x is the filter factor and N is the amount of stops. >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> Ralph W. Lambrecht >> >> http://www.darkroomagic.com > > Stops are definitely square and square root functions. > One can do roots in log form by multiplying or dviding by > the root required, that is 2^4 can be found by taking > anti-log of (Log 2 *4) and roots by deviding the log by the > root required. The (2) factor in your equations above are > square and square-root functions. Most calculators do > exponentials by means of log look up tables. > > --- > Richard Knoppow > Los Angeles, CA, USA > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ============================================================================== > =============================== > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) > and unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.