Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:47 PM 12/11/97 -0500, you wrote: > > I had thought the rule of thumb for an > exposure in full sunlight was shutter speed equals 1/ISO at f/16. But > you wrote that "using ISO 400...[and]...shutter speed...[of]...1/250" > makes the aperture setting for "Outdoors, bright sun...f/16." Is this > a case of particular ISO 400 films requiring more exposure than their > rated speed allows. Or should the exposure rule for daylight be 1/ISO > at f/11? > > Art Peterson > Color neg film does better with some over exposure. Thick negs print better than thin negs. Grain is better. Contrast is better. So shooting ISO 400 at 1/250 @ f/16 (sunny almost 16) is, at least for me, actually preferred. Try it. You will like it. Jim