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Subject: [OM] Re: Another "my e-3 is here" email..
From: "Ian Nichols" <ian.a.nichols@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:55:07 +0000
On 19/11/2007, Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > At 1/60 you're 3 stops down from the rule of thumb for a 400mm
> > equivalent.  At 2 stops (1/125) it might look a lot better.
>
> Actually, closer to 4 stops. The old rule-of-thumb (1/ƒ) was designed
> for 35mm film. For 4/3rds, the rule of thumb should be more like
> 1/2*ƒ,

Er, Jan, he did say "400mm equivalent" - the photo was taken using a
50-200 at 200.
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