Aperture pronunciation - "F one point four" or "F one four" ?

[kev8d]

How do you pronunce the aperture of a lens? E.g. if you were telling a friend that you're shooting with an f/1.4 lens, would you say: "F one point four", "F one four", or something else?

 

[rpt]

I always said the word "point".

 

[peederj]

I say "tomato"

You can use any jargon you wish, as long as you can be understood and act absolutely certain of it.

 

[rpt]

I say "tomato"

You can use any jargon you wish, as long as you can be understood and act absolutely certain of it.

U da man.

 

[Loswr]

...would you say: "F one point four", "F one four", or something else?

The F ormer.

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

What yould you say for F14? F/16, F/22, etc. You better put that point in there.

 

[Ryan708]

I'd say "F one point two, or go home" haha i wish. I use the "." when i say it

 

[dr croubie]

I just say F (ast).

 

[IIIHobbs]

OP should have posted a poll; dot, no dot, other. ;D

 

[Wrathwilde]

I say "tomato"

You say tomato, I say tomato...

Which reminds me of this clever take on the song

courtesy of the Secret Policeman's Ball.,

Seriously though, I use the point system.

 

[odie]

There is no correct way of saying it but from my area, they use for example:

thirty five point four (35L f/1.4), eighty five point two (85L f/1.2) and so forth.

There are even funny words to describe the 70-200mm II L in the form of a rabbit too ^ ^

 

[zim]

My word it’s a slow news day today

Damn all these years I’ve been saying ‘F one full stop four stops’ don’t you guys know nuthin

 

[marekjoz]

If you expect to be understood, you use the simplest language for any communication. When I talk to someone, who's not familiar with the differences, I say "the big hole allowing more light and narrower depth of field set when using this small lens". A colleague shooting with me will understand "one four". Me and my girlfriend call the "EF 50 1.4" as "the smallie", so it could be "the smallie open". My cat runs away when he sees "the smallie" on the camera, as the noises and movements of the lens make him scary, so I have not to say anything, to make him dissapear. BTW - guys - do your cats react some funny way to some lens-body combinations? My cat reacts this way only when sees the one four.

 

[stephan]

I always say the "point", since when i said "f one four" once, I got a comment "that's kinda slow", as he understood "f1:4" instead "F1:1.4".

 

[nairfotografia]

f7/5

7/5 = 1.4

 

[Axilrod]

Either way is fine. I think I tend to say "f one point two" with the faster glass but with f/2.8 lenses I tend to just say "f two eight."

 

[Axilrod]

I always say the "point", since when i said "f one four" once, I got a comment "that's kinda slow", as he understood "f1:4" instead "F1:1.4".

I think whoever you said that around was just an idiot, I've never heard of anyone taking the "1:" into consideration.

 

[Jamesy]

F one 'O'.

Is that F10 or F1.0 on the magical 50mm F1.0? I always use the 'dot' for any decimal F stop, all others tend to get abbreviated such as F8, etc...

 

[distant.star]

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Like politics and religion, I never discuss photography.

Anyone brings it up I just say "I'm am an old guy pushing buttons hoping something happens. That's all I know." Safer that way.

 

[iaind]

I use the point. If you say F-4 you might get some Phantom readings