camerapapi wrote:
I like the books written by John Shaw where he has an excellent chapter written on exposure. I particularly like "The Confused Photographer's Guide to Photographic Exposure and the Simplified Zone System" by Bahman Farzad. This is a book with a long title but well written and easy to read and understand. It will give you a ton of information on exposure.
I live in Miami and many times I am not busy. If you feel like talking about exposure just email me to find a convenient time to review some of the basic concepts and put those concepts in practice so that you can understand this better. We have plenty of subjects in Miami to put those concepts to work.
William Rodriguez
Miami, Florida. ...Show more →
+1 the recommendation for Farzad's book AND William's helpful attitude
cbentley: technically, reciprocity breaks down at the extremes of shutter speed and aperture setting. but for the typical ISO, s/s, and apertures, yes.
cbentley wrote:
Let me make sure i understand this rule too:
Sunny conditions around noon:
Shooting at ISO 100: f/16, 1/100
Shooting at ISO 200: f/16, 1/200
Shooting at ISO 400: f/16, 1/400
Shooting at ISO 800: f/16, 1/800
. . Is this right?
Yes that's right... but as someone mentioned the rule is outdated for most of us. My dad had a camera back in the early 60's that didn't have a built in meter (I don't know if any did back then). He had a hand held meter that he HAD to use to get a reading or use some rule of thumb. That was all the Sunny 16 rule was... a rule of thumb. I bought my first slr camera in the late 70's and it had a built in meter so there was no longer a need for the rule. Today you have an in camera meter and a histogram to perfect your settings.
