Hi--

>I read your article regarding the vx2000 and figured that you would

>be the man to ask this question. Although you say that the nd

>filters are 1/4 and 1/32, what does that mean in terms of f/. I

>must be slow because I look in the manual and it states the same

>thing you do. I guess the question is, how can you translate 1/4

>into an f/. I know that each f/ is double the one before it. Am I

>missing something?

Nope. Start with what you know going from one stop to the next

doubles or halves the light passing through the lens; two stops then

quadruples or cuts to 1/4 the light; three, factor of 8 or 1/8th;

four, factor of 16 or 1/16th; five-stops is 32 or 1/32nd change in

light passing through...

>Thanks for your time.

>

>Michael "Michael Protas" <mjprotas@hotmail.com>

>

>ps If you have any good websites dealing with exposure and

>cinematography, besides the major cinematographer.com etc sites, I

>would love to get more insight.

>

>thanks again

Try www.nikonlinks.com/ruether/posts, and do a search; same with google...