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Nov 24, 2011 11:30:33   #
Indi Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.
 
xpane wrote:
That's funny
Indi wrote:
xpane wrote:
I work in construction and I would interpret that as an inch sign, as in 20 inches. Wouldn't it be easier for us if they put a 1 meaning 1 second? Just a thought to those engineers. Or you could say it is equal to 20" (inches of mercury) as in pulling a vacuum on a refrigeration system. lol
Bekkie wrote:
I had the hardest time with this until I learned that, on a Nikon, the fractions are listed in whole numbers e.g. 125 which means 1/125th of a second.

When you get to shutter speeds 1 second or longer they appear like this; 20" (with the quote mark behind the number) This means the shutter speed is 20 seconds.

Hope this helps some.
I work in construction and I would interpret that ... (show quote)

In terms of Longitude and Latitude, when you have a location such as 72° 6' 22" by 37° 15' 10", obviously the (°) means degrees, the (') means minutes, and (" ) means seconds.
Maybe that will help, too!
quote=xpane I work in construction and I would in... (show quote)
That's funny quote=Indi quote=xpane I work in con... (show quote)


Funny??????
I don't understand.

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Nov 24, 2011 11:36:04   #
LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field
 
BBNC wrote:
Right! The camera user manual pages are so stuffed with all the bells and whistles they don't have room for anything on basic photography.

The manufacturers are selling two things; features, which have nothing to do with taking a good picture, and Megapixels, leading folks to believe all they have to do is turn it on and let it do it's thing.


And they build in programs modes, so that those who don't care, don't have to learn the basics. <wink>

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Nov 24, 2011 11:44:26   #
JimH Loc: Western South Jersey, USA
 
What I find odd is how Canons go from 1/4 on the LCD for a quarter of a second, to 0"3 for 1/3rd of a second. Why not just use 1/3? (I know it's really three-tenths, not one-third but jeeeeze...)

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Nov 24, 2011 11:50:51   #
photocat Loc: Atlanta, Ga
 
It would be nice in the camera make would all use the same language, but it will never happen.

For example, most of the world use the term ISO , Fuji, says sensitivity.

Nikon and Canon meters, work in the opposite direction when thinking + or _ exposures.

Cars tend to work the same way, but there are always difference between a Ford and a Chevy, or........

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Nov 24, 2011 12:02:45   #
Jessies5thkid
 
In different languages and cultures, even symbols have different interpretations. In the U.S.A. or Canada when we see "$", we call it a dollar mark, but in some other countries, the same symbol is called a peso. And if something is valued as USD, you can be sure that the sender is not familiar with the U.S.A. terminology. I see this especially in the spam/scam e-mails saying that I just won the lottery in ....... whatever country.

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Nov 24, 2011 12:08:47   #
JimH Loc: Western South Jersey, USA
 
Jessies5thkid wrote:
In different languages and cultures, even symbols have different interpretations.
Very true, and that's really the reason. "Internationalization" is a nice objective, but silly nationalistic conventions make it a difficult transition in many cases - for example, in much of Europe and GB, their numerical notation is exactly opposite from the USA - they use commas where we use the period, and vice versa. USA : 14,300.09 makes perfect sense to us, but in GB they'd write that same number 14.300,09

Dates are also screwy depending on where you are - much of the US uses M/D/Y notation, other parts of the world use D/M/Y. So exactly when is 05/10/2011? May 10th, or October 5th?

:thumbup:

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Nov 24, 2011 12:08:50   #
Jessies5thkid
 
Other symbols mean different things in different countries or cultures. For example, in the U.S.A. and Canada, when we see "$", we say it is a dollar, but in some other countries, the same symbol means a PESO. You have to learn the terminology of the field you are in.

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Nov 24, 2011 12:10:51   #
xpane
 
I thought you were making a joke as to the complicated settings for shutter speed. When you posted the info about the longitude and latitude it looked to be a more complicated way of expanding on the theory. I think the old way that was on my Pentax was the most direct way of setting your speed. As in 500, or 250, or 1, which stood for hundredth's or just plain seconds, don't you think?
Indi wrote:
xpane wrote:
That's funny
Indi wrote:
xpane wrote:
I work in construction and I would interpret that as an inch sign, as in 20 inches. Wouldn't it be easier for us if they put a 1 meaning 1 second? Just a thought to those engineers. Or you could say it is equal to 20" (inches of mercury) as in pulling a vacuum on a refrigeration system. lol
Bekkie wrote:
I had the hardest time with this until I learned that, on a Nikon, the fractions are listed in whole numbers e.g. 125 which means 1/125th of a second.

When you get to shutter speeds 1 second or longer they appear like this; 20" (with the quote mark behind the number) This means the shutter speed is 20 seconds.

Hope this helps some.
I work in construction and I would interpret that ... (show quote)

In terms of Longitude and Latitude, when you have a location such as 72° 6' 22" by 37° 15' 10", obviously the (°) means degrees, the (') means minutes, and (" ) means seconds.
Maybe that will help, too!
quote=xpane I work in construction and I would in... (show quote)
That's funny quote=Indi quote=xpane I work in con... (show quote)


Funny??????
I don't understand.
quote=xpane That's funny quote=Indi quote=xpane ... (show quote)

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Nov 24, 2011 12:16:22   #
russelray Loc: La Mesa CA
 
Indi wrote:
xpane wrote:
I work in construction and I would interpret that as an inch sign, as in 20 inches. Wouldn't it be easier for us if they put a 1 meaning 1 second? Just a thought to those engineers. Or you could say it is equal to 20" (inches of mercury) as in pulling a vacuum on a refrigeration system. lol
Bekkie wrote:
I had the hardest time with this until I learned that, on a Nikon, the fractions are listed in whole numbers e.g. 125 which means 1/125th of a second.

When you get to shutter speeds 1 second or longer they appear like this; 20" (with the quote mark behind the number) This means the shutter speed is 20 seconds.

Hope this helps some.
I work in construction and I would interpret that ... (show quote)

In terms of Longitude and Latitude, when you have a location such as 72° 6' 22" by 37° 15' 10", obviously the (°) means degrees, the (') means minutes, and (" ) means seconds.
Maybe that will help, too!
quote=xpane I work in construction and I would in... (show quote)


And in time, which is what we're talking about with shutter speeds, ' is the minute mark and " is the second mark. Ever watched a long race? The time you see posted will be in minutes and seconds: 4'23"

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Nov 24, 2011 12:49:00   #
Nevada Chuck
 
Completely off topic, Riverman, but your avatar is one of the coolest that I've ever seen!

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Nov 24, 2011 12:57:20   #
xpane
 
I understand exactly what you are saying. All I'm saying is that there needs to be some standards in this industry, the ones they had thirty years ago. It's like introducing the new math when the old one worked better. Speaking of races, have you ever taken pics at the horse race track? Hmmm.
russelray wrote:
Indi wrote:
xpane wrote:
I work in construction and I would interpret that as an inch sign, as in 20 inches. Wouldn't it be easier for us if they put a 1 meaning 1 second? Just a thought to those engineers. Or you could say it is equal to 20" (inches of mercury) as in pulling a vacuum on a refrigeration system. lol
Bekkie wrote:
I had the hardest time with this until I learned that, on a Nikon, the fractions are listed in whole numbers e.g. 125 which means 1/125th of a second.

When you get to shutter speeds 1 second or longer they appear like this; 20" (with the quote mark behind the number) This means the shutter speed is 20 seconds.

Hope this helps some.
I work in construction and I would interpret that ... (show quote)

In terms of Longitude and Latitude, when you have a location such as 72° 6' 22" by 37° 15' 10", obviously the (°) means degrees, the (') means minutes, and (" ) means seconds.
Maybe that will help, too!
quote=xpane I work in construction and I would in... (show quote)


And in time, which is what we're talking about with shutter speeds, ' is the minute mark and " is the second mark. Ever watched a long race? The time you see posted will be in minutes and seconds: 4'23"
quote=Indi quote=xpane I work in construction an... (show quote)

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