have a real world understanding of it, you see the results through the lens every time you take a picture. It becomes ingrained in your mind. everyone understands it, but some people dwell on the school book type theory of equivalence, which is totally unnecessary in the real world. If I see one more friggin hot shot who thinks he's god's gift to man because he's spent hours with an equivalence table working out equivalence, I'll probably puke. You do this not to further photography but to make yourselves sound like some kind of experts.
You are not an expert on anything because you dwell on equivalence,.
You are not a good photographer because you know what an equivalence spread sheet looks like.
There is nothing in equivalence that can't be learned getting to know your cameras.
It's not equivalence that is complicated, it's the overly complicated, half wrong, argumentative explanations from people who act like know it alls, who couldn't give a logical explanation of how to cut a hole in a brown paper bag.
t's just amazing how the explanation of equivalence on this site have been so bad, that people can't understand them and argue with them, just because they don't understand the explanation. And then, the guy who messed up the explanations so badly they cause total confusion, come on here and act all high and mighty. Just a hint, you explain something really simple, and people always argue with your explanation... maybe it's the explanation that's at fault.
A bad teacher always blames the student.
Understanding equivalence has no merit to a person who is only shooting one format.
Understanding equivalence is so basic, that it's wasn't even taught when I was in school. It was one of those things you were expected to absorb, because it's so freakin simple.
Dwelling on equivalence means you're stuck at the lowest level of understanding photographic concepts.. still in the realm of theoretical constructs, not in the realm of practice and refinement.
Please, stop thinking you are some kinds of gurus because you think you understand a really , really basic concept.
Honestly, it's worth considering for 15 minutes, saying "oh that's cool" and moving on. It's not really deep enough to be a life long vocation.
Althjough I swear some of you dudes are sitting on mountain tops meditating on it's meaning when you make these pronouncements about it.
Everyone else learns equivalence looking through a camera lens... what is wrong with you guys that you have to get all caught up in a book theory?
It's way past time for you one trick pony's to find another town where people will be impressed by your song and dance, for ten minutes or so.
If In my classroom I caused half the disagreement you guys have by misrepresenting this concept.. I would have spent the whole semester arguing about equivalence... for what? That's not effective teaching dudes.
Last edited by normhead; 02-27-2015 at 09:21 AM.