

Secondly, you need to know about it so that you can communicate with your camera and with other fellow photographers about photography.į-number in the simplest possible way is a unit which photographer use to measure light. Now you may ask me that why on earth do you need to know about some strange maths problem?įirst of all, the concept of f-numbers is not hard at all but extremely simple to understand. Just a last thing, once you are absolutely through with f-stops and f-numbers, I will explain the T-stops which by then should be a cakewalk for you.į-number, f-stop, focal ratio they all denote a simple ratio between the focal length of the lens and the effective aperture. It would make absolutely no sense to you if you do not know the fundamental principals working behind. If you are a beginner, I highly suggest you read the following pieces before you continue with this. But don’t worry so much today we are going to put this issue at rest, once and for all.īefore taking off though I would like to tell you that this article is intended for photographers and filmmakers who have at least the basic understanding of the three pillars of photography. Especially more so when you do not even know what it means. When you are new and starting off with photography one phrase that you are almost guaranteed to hear very soon is “f-stop”.
