How Many
Jan 19, 2017 20:49:09 #
Brian in Whitby wrote:
On the other hand, maybe permutations are irrelevant and combinations are what you should be calculating. I don't think the order matters.
Been waiting since yesterday for someone to mention that.
Jan 19, 2017 22:00:20 #
boberic wrote:
With all the possible settings on a high end camera does anyone know the number of permutations available on a Canon 7d or 5d or equivalent Nikon models.
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I'd guess there are over 5000 different, meaningful, combinations of settings in a camera such as the Nikon D750. If you look all meaningful and nonmeaningful combinations you'd be well over 100,000 permutations.
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Jan 19, 2017 22:57:06 #
boberic wrote:
I know, but I am still curious as to the possibile number
Why, other than to see how good we are at mathematics. Think about it: if you don't include the lens, you lose the aperature parameter; this leaves you with shutter speed and ISO; if you use 1/3 stops you have three times the shutter speed range of your camera plus three times the change in ISO range so your formula is S x I where S is the number of shutter speeds selected and I is the number of ISOs selected. So what a waste of time and effort.
Bud
Jan 19, 2017 23:13:56 #
boberic wrote:
With all the possible settings on a high end camera does anyone know the number of permutations available on a Canon 7d or 5d or equivalent Nikon models.
After four painful pages it seems obvious that nobody knows. Why don't you do civilization a great service and figure it out for us. Your name will go down in the annals of photography and your name will be revered for centuries.
Jan 20, 2017 01:31:31 #
I, personally, only know of Three - (The Holy Three). It may be referred to as the "Exposure Triangle". i.e. = Aperture, Shutter speed, and the sensitivity of the sensor (or film) = ISO.
I make use of two of the automatic selections on a modern camera. My first choice is Aperture Priority. However depending on what the object is this will very. With quickly moving objects I use Shutter Priority. I always shoot in RAW. And RAW/Jpg. Sometimes FULL AUTO if the lighting is horrible or dim, and I can not use a flash gun.
And still, with all of the "stuff" (buttons and menu selections) it still boils down to the "Holy Three".
I make use of two of the automatic selections on a modern camera. My first choice is Aperture Priority. However depending on what the object is this will very. With quickly moving objects I use Shutter Priority. I always shoot in RAW. And RAW/Jpg. Sometimes FULL AUTO if the lighting is horrible or dim, and I can not use a flash gun.
And still, with all of the "stuff" (buttons and menu selections) it still boils down to the "Holy Three".
Jan 20, 2017 06:35:21 #
boberic wrote:
With all the possible settings on a high end camera does anyone know the number of permutations available on a Canon 7d or 5d or equivalent Nikon models.
Forty-two.
Or possibly eight times the square root of minus one.
Jan 20, 2017 21:33:07 #
Virgil
Loc: The Hoosier State
Take the number of shutter 'F-stop'' possibilities, times the number of possible shutter 'time' settings, times the number of 'ISO' possibilities, times the number of stops on the
'+/-' dial, times the number of 'white balance' settings, times all 'other variable' settings and you'll probably be close to your answer. But I would multiply that total by at least 24 because you've probably missed something!
'+/-' dial, times the number of 'white balance' settings, times all 'other variable' settings and you'll probably be close to your answer. But I would multiply that total by at least 24 because you've probably missed something!
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