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Re: [OM] EV-ignorance

Subject: Re: [OM] EV-ignorance
From: Thomas Bryhn <thomas.bryhn@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 17:30:33 +0200
At 16:43 21.09.01, Paul Farrar wrote:

Ev is not a measure of light and has no functional relationship
with light levels. It is a measure of exposure only, and is a
function of shutter speed and aperture, and nothing else. Light
meters can be set to give Ev readouts, but the value shown is
a recommended exposure, which will change with the ISO setting,
not a measure of light.

What you have written is correct as far as I can tell, but you have omittet that EV can also be written as a sum of light value (LV) and speed value (SV). For any given film speed there will be a relationship between EV and foot-candles, and therefor also between EV and lux. Nevertheless, you are correct that EV is not a direct messure of light levels.

Regards,
Thomas Bryhn



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