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Apertu geometric vs. real
Hello all,
As I know, and I hope am correct about it, a lens's aperture is the ratio of the front pupils' diameter to the focus length. And it is this number that is indicated as the maximum aperture and is also marked on the aperture ring, while the actual illuminance produced by a lens on its focal plane depends on many factors like (multi)coating, the number of optical elements e.t.c. Taking this into accout, the reading of an ideal external light-meter may differ from that of an ideal internal (say TTL) one. My question is whether this correction coefficient (or difference, if expressed in logarithmic terms) has a name for it in the photographic slang. Thanks in advance, Anton P.S.: Asking this because I recently got a tele- scopic lens with two mirrors in it, and the declared apperture of f/8 seems to be about one step too light... |
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