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Old 29-01-2014, 07:55 PM
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It's a photographic term used to describe how fast a telescope or lens can get a photo. All other things being equal, a 6 inch scope at F5 can get the shot in 1/4 of the time as a 6 inch scope of F10 and so forth so the F5 scope is considered "fast".
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