Practice question · Numerical answer
A photographer exposes 1,200 frames on an assignment and delivers 24. How many frames were exposed for each one delivered?
Hints
- Divide the number exposed by the number delivered.
- 1200 divided by 24.
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50
Why
Fifty to one. That is an ordinary documentary figure rather than a sign of waste: the frames that do not survive are how the photographer found the one that did. The ratio rises sharply with moving subjects and falls to a few to one on a view camera, where each sheet costs real money.
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