Is there an emoji (or standard emoticon) to indicate apperture?

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When describing the metadata of a photograph - specifically focal length, shutter speed and apperture it is easy to write a line of text like this:

300mm f/5.8 1/1000

In the present-day of graphical representation of so many things, however:

:camera::icecream::rhinoceros:::waning_crescent_moon::beers::gift::bowling::saxophone::syringe::mantelpiece_clock:

… is it not an ommision, possiblt a glaring one, that there is no emoji for apperture?
A clock/timer emoji will do nicely to define exposure length, and a ruler (stretching things a bit, maybe) for focal length, thus:

:stopwatch:1/1000 :straight_ruler: 300mm

Appeture, however, is a ratio, and so has no dimension, no unit. It is merely a number. Convention is to use “f/” but an emoji that looks like the dartable icon or the many similar images would be apt.

I just had another look, and flickr use just such a graphic, as well as a timer for exposure time. I don’t go for the focal length graphic so much - it illustrates the concept of field of view, which is actually in inverse relationship to focal length:

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So what do you all think?
Robust (but not abusive) debate is welcomed.

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I don’t think it is super necessary, bit it might be nice. I’m sure someone just needs to propose it to the Unicode standards body, since they seem to accept everything!

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I’m with you on that. A side view of an eye can mean so many different things. The likelihood of all people interpreting that symbol as focal length is about nil.

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says it all!