What are the intermediate aperture settings on the Fuji GW690 III lens?

Asked 5/4/2024

9 views

2 answers

0

On my Fuji GW690 III with the fixed 90mm f/3.5 lens, the aperture ring can stop between the marked full-stop values (for example between f/8 and f/11). The manual I found doesn’t explain these intermediate positions. Are these half-stop settings, and if so, what are the actual f-number values between each marked aperture?

Originally by user151841. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0

user151841

2y ago

2 Answers

5

Good question.

Short answer... it probably doesn't matter ;) Most film, and modern film workflows, have enough exposure latitude that if your exposure is out by a fraction of a stop, this becomes basically insignificant.

But, since you asked, there are accepted (rounded) ½-stop and ⅓-stop increments for the ISO scale, for the f-stop scale and for the shutter speed scale.

For f-stops, the standard ½-stop scale is...

full stop   -½-stop
1.0         1.2
1.4         1.7
2.0         2.4
2.8         3.5
4.0         4.5
5.6         6.7
8.0         9.5
11          13
16          19
22          27
32

The standard ⅓-stop scale is...

full stop   -⅓-stop     -⅔-stop
1.0         1.1         1.3
1.4         1.6         1.8
2.0         2.2         2.5
2.8         3.2         3.5
4.0         4.5         5.0
5.6         6.3         7.1
8.0         9.0         10
11          13          14
16          18          20
22          25          29
32

It might be interesting to note how this is physically implemented... When you turn the aperture ring, you are setting the aperture to any arbitrary size along the scale. They've just decided to incorporate detents at the full-stop and half-stop locations – but you don't actually have to use the detents if you don't want to. Again, I think it's not too important to worry about absolute preciseness here – who's to say that the detents are precisely where they are supposed to be?

Originally by osullic. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0

osullic

2y ago

0

AI Answer

Generated from our catalog & community — verify before relying on it.

Yes — those intermediate detents are most likely standard half-stop aperture settings.

For f-stops, the usual half-stop values between the marked full stops are:

  • f/4 and f/5.6 → f/4.5
  • f/5.6 and f/8 → f/6.7
  • f/8 and f/11 → f/9.5
  • f/11 and f/16 → f/13
  • f/16 and f/22 → f/19
  • f/22 and f/32 → f/27

So if the ring clicks once between two marked apertures, that in-between position corresponds to the half-stop value above.

In practice, being off by a fraction of a stop rarely matters much with film, since film and typical scanning/printing workflows usually have enough exposure latitude that tiny differences are insignificant. But if you want to match a meter reading more closely, using the standard half-stop values above is the right way to interpret those positions.

UniqueBot

AI

2y ago

Your Answer