laughingstation
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I've got a China-made RF tt doesnt have a built in meter, can anyone tell me how should i get e exposure? Sunlight 16 rule? or is there some kind of 'agaration' tt can be applied?
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advice for shooting without meter
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It's abit tricky though. I don't follow the sunny f/16 rule..I probably have a ton of other rules in my head *muddled*.
Anyway, as a note, remember if you're employing estimated exposure technique, better to start off doing it well into the day, where the light is relatively constant. Doing it at sunset/sunrise causes major headaches.
And remember, interior lighting requires ALOT more stops than outside even though they look the same tone. Our eyes are such good balancers of light that it's hard to tell the differences of even 2-3 stops. Basically I weigh the percentage of the scene in shadows before popping a figure in my head.
Anyway, as a note, remember if you're employing estimated exposure technique, better to start off doing it well into the day, where the light is relatively constant. Doing it at sunset/sunrise causes major headaches.
And remember, interior lighting requires ALOT more stops than outside even though they look the same tone. Our eyes are such good balancers of light that it's hard to tell the differences of even 2-3 stops. Basically I weigh the percentage of the scene in shadows before popping a figure in my head.
laughingstation said:I've got a China-made RF tt doesnt have a built in meter, can anyone tell me how should i get e exposure? Sunlight 16 rule? or is there some kind of 'agaration' tt can be applied?
thank you
is that the only camera u have? because even if u have a cheap digital P&S, can use the meter on that to get a roughgauge.
Buy a Gossen Digisix meter. Has LCD readout.
It is very small and light.
Sekonic has a small meter too but it has a match needle system.
Why bother to agak when technology has solved the problem for you.
It does not cost much.
You must know how to use the meter.
Incident metering for landscape shots on bright day beats direct metering.
It is very small and light.
Sekonic has a small meter too but it has a match needle system.
Why bother to agak when technology has solved the problem for you.
It does not cost much.
You must know how to use the meter.
Incident metering for landscape shots on bright day beats direct metering.
Think Mr Wong from Fotografix sells these, should be between 250-300 SGD, not cheap though. He just opened in a new location at that blue building in Chinatown of which I forgot the name. As long as you don't shoot slides you can go by with the F16 rule........whoelse said:
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The sunny 16 rule does work, and it is based on shooting on a bright sunny day, your aperture should be at f16, and what ever ISO your film is, that should be your shutter speed. For example, if your film is ISO 100 your shutter speed should be 100 or which ever shutter speed is closer. That is the basis of the rule, so based on that you can make an educated guess on your exposure if situations change, like it becomes cloudy or overcast, you can make some adjustments and open up 1 to 2 stops of exposure.
As hongsien mentioned, shooting with transparency film, you do not have the latitude to guesstimate your exposure, whereas with negative film you have more latitude so exposures do not have to be that critical. But if you want to be sure that you get at least one good exposure, bracket your shots(Normal, +1,+2,-1,-2) out of those 5 shots you should get at least one good exposure, or if you want to be even more anal retentive, bracket in1/2 stop intervals. Take this as a guide not the gospel. If you want accurate readings get a light meter, if you can afford one.
Hope this helps!!
Best of luck!
As hongsien mentioned, shooting with transparency film, you do not have the latitude to guesstimate your exposure, whereas with negative film you have more latitude so exposures do not have to be that critical. But if you want to be sure that you get at least one good exposure, bracket your shots(Normal, +1,+2,-1,-2) out of those 5 shots you should get at least one good exposure, or if you want to be even more anal retentive, bracket in1/2 stop intervals. Take this as a guide not the gospel. If you want accurate readings get a light meter, if you can afford one.
Hope this helps!!
Best of luck!
I remember a few years back, reading a local photography forum, a few photographers mention that Sunny f16 rule does not work, ones said all his shots was badly underexposed, all claim that Sunny f16 rule will not work in Singapore.
Sounds like the sun at oversea are bigger and rounder.
In the end I realized that these people can't differential between Sunny, Cloudy. so Sunny f16 rule don't work on these people.
Sounds like the sun at oversea are bigger and rounder.
In the end I realized that these people can't differential between Sunny, Cloudy. so Sunny f16 rule don't work on these people.
clarencelee
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I've a cheap Horvex 3 handheld selenium cell lightmeter for sale. It's accurate enough for colour print and monochrome shooting. Let me know if you want it.
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