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Trick the DX sensor

A simple trick can override your camera's DX reading - The image above illustrates how to trick the DX reading of a simple point-and-shoot camera to expose Kodak Tri-X 400 at 1600 ISO...

the process works with any DX reading camera and with any other exposure count / ISO combo:

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Frames
A
B
C
D
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F
25
400
12
32
500
20
40
640
24
50
800
36
64
1000
48
80
1250
60
100
1600
72
125
2000
no std.
160
2500
f-stops
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B
C
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F
200
3200
+1/2 | -1/2
250
4000
+1 | -1
320
5000
+2 | -1
+3 | -1

Comments (5)

sasa:

how about small square self adhesive aluminum foil?

Camera Hacking! Yes! THX for the tip.

Great! I was looking for this!

Calin Burlan :

hi, can you explain to me what is this DX sensor and what can we do if we trick him ? thanks a lot

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