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      06-06-2012, 07:57 AM   #8157
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Originally Posted by UdubBadger View Post
I'm used to seeing .6 or .3 or whatever... I assumed that ".6" was the key to you readjusting your exposure properly. So if you have a .6 you stop down 6/3rds (from f11 to f5.6) and thats the proper exposure.

maybe I over thought it all.
You didn't over-think it. I think you got confused by density numbers vs. stops. A density of 0.3 is actually 1 real-stop, 0.6 is 2 real-stops, etc. Those are approximate of course, since it depends on the quality of the resin/glass.
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