New to analog/ae-1 program

[jeff_schneider1]

Hi everyone,

Just bought a canon ae-1 program with a 50mm f/1.8 and looking foward to trying my hand at film photography. I've owned DSLR's for a

couple years, but never a film SLR

 

One question that I haven't seemed to find an answer to, on my lens' aperture ring it seems like there are stops between the marked

stops. For like there seems to be a space between the 1.8 and 2.8 marks on the lens. Is there actually a functioning stop there like f2.0?

Thanks for any insight.

 

Jeff

[JDMvW]

<p>Yes, the dots in between the numbers are for the sequence and they work just fine.</p>

<p>the full-stop sequence is <br /> 0.7 1.0 1.4 2 2.8 4 5.6 8 11 16 22 32 45 64 90 128 180 256</p>

<p>and see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-number for the full info. There are also half-stops, etc. There are even other older systems that are no longer used, but show up on early cameras.</p>

<p>By the way, it's FILM. Only callow, ignorant people would call it <em>analog</em>. eeew ...<br /> ;)</p>

<p>The AE-1 P, by the bye, is a dandy camera. Enjoy. Get a manual for it from <a href="http://www.butkus.org/chinon/canon/canon_ae-1_program/canon_ae-1_program.htm">Butkus</a>.</p>

[rwbowman]

<p>Calling it analog is fine with me: what's important is that you are going to experience the real joy of film photography. You will find folks here to be helpful and welcoming. Happy shooting!</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>GOTO line 6<br /> ;)</p>

<p>The Joy of Film, wasn't there a book by that title? <br>

What's more important is that you will be experiencing the time travel of using old cameras, gems of mechanical design.</p>

[steven_clark]

There are half-stops like 6.3 and

9.5 in between. 1.8 is itself a half or third stop.