e_lin Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 I was reading about the sunny 16 rule, but i don't have f16 on my digital. my digital only goes from f2.8 to f8. f4 at maximum telephoto. is there any rule similar to the sunny 16 rule> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 At ISO 125 setting, try f/8 at 1/500 for scenes of average reflectance range. You could alwys just look at your preview screen or a histogram if your camera provides one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn_touger1 Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 The Sunny 16 rule means that on a sunny day, you can set your shutter speed to the reciprocal of your film speed (or whatever's closest), and the aperture to f16 *or any equivalent combination.* For example, if you're shooting 100 speed film, you would shoot 1/125 sec at f16, or 1/250 at f8, or 1/500 at f4, etc. With ISO 50 speed film, that becomes 1/60 at f16, or 1/125 at f8, 1/250 at f4, etc. I don't know if it works as well with digital, but I don't see why not. It would be fun to try experimenting to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basscheffers Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 It's an ancient trick allowing photographers without a meter to quickly take an acceptable image on film with a pretty wide lattitude. Cameras usualy have good meters now, so don't worry about it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_strong3 Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Also be sure to remember that it is the SUNNY 16 rule. In anything other than bright sun it'll give you underexposed film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_. Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 aside from what has been explained, remember that the digital camera ISO rating is not what you think for a film. You have to test the ISO yourself to be sure it matches the same rated films. Often the ISO 50 in a digital camera is 65 or so. They tend to under rate the ISO in the specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_louie Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 As I recollect use 1/ASA at f16 for bright sun, (open two stops) f8 for overcast skies and (three stops) f5.6 for shade. So for bright sun you could shoot 1/(ASA * 4) at f8. Since one of my cameras does not have a light meter (or a battery for that matter), these rules are useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erb_duchenne Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 No, it doesn't apply. Well... the concept is the same, but since there is no f/16 and since you can check the actual exposure on the LCD before AND after the snapshot, I don't really see this rule being tremendously helpful. However... don't forget digitals also include SLRs and medium format backs... both of which DO have f/16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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