{"id":6168,"date":"2018-04-09T21:18:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T20:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=6168"},"modified":"2018-04-09T21:18:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T20:18:41","slug":"f-stop-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=6168","title":{"rendered":"F-Stop Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flash meters are super helpful for lots of reasons but to really get the most from them you also need to know your f stop aperture numbers. You might already know that you need one more stop of light to move from f\/5.6 to f\/8 but how good are your intermediate f stops. For example you want to shoot at f\/8 but your flash meter tells you f\/7.1 or even f5.6.8, how close are you to your target aperture?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/12H6LrCVIgkA_R0PEKCTfZtlrd8rkh61s\/view?usp=sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6169 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/F-stop-chart.-smalljpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/F-stop-chart.-smalljpg.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/F-stop-chart.-smalljpg-200x141.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/F-stop-chart.-smalljpg-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/F-stop-chart.-smalljpg-625x441.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/F-stop-chart.-smalljpg-180x127.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/F-stop-chart.-smalljpg-350x247.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learning the full stop scale is a must for any serious photographer and for me, so is learning the third stops too. Tenth stops is a bit more niche but many flash heads work in tenths. So to help you learn and as a quick reminder for me, I made an f-stop chart<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Usage rules<\/strong><\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>The chart is copyright Gavin Hoey 2018. Use is limited to any personal but\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehelpful.com\/creativecommons\/what-is-commercial-use.html\">non-commercial\u00a0<\/a>purposes. Do not redistribute the original images without my permission.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Download instructions<\/strong><\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01. 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