Bob Meyer wrote:
> I suspect you were in evaluative mode, right? In this
> metering mode, the camera tries to evaluate the image
> brightness by comparing all sensors and absolute EV.
> I certainly wouldn't expect sunny 16 to work in this
> case. Try spot metering and/or center weighted and
> see what happens
Sunny 16 works when the sun is shining. What meter mode you're using
has no bearing on it. My experience has been that Sunny 16 works from
about an hour after sunrise, to an hour before sunset, any time of the
year (as long as there is no significant cloud cover). The only
exception is in the winter when I have to take the extra light
reflecting off the snow into account (usually half a stop).
Generally speaking, I find that the evalulative meter in my EOS 5 reads
between -.5 stop and right on, for a typical Sunny 16 scene, but of
course it depends what the subject is. From time to time, when I'm
feeling extravagant, I'll bracket +/- .5 stop either side of Sunny 16
just to convince myself that I'm doing the right thing. The proof is
obvious when the slides come back. Of course with print film (at least
the cheap Kodak ISO 100 stuff I use), you can over-expose like crazy
without any ill effects. I usually reset the ISO on the camera to 64
and use a Sunny 16 exposure of 1/500 @ f5.6, or equivalent.
Geoff Doane
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