hi, "sunny 16 rule" isnt about using meters, (Ok, maybe it's similar to incident meters, but certainly not in camera meters which are all reflective, rather than incident).
Snow scenes are a special situation for any type of metering, 1- due the the reflective properties of the snow bouncing extra light on your normal subject, and 2- if your actually trying to capture snow details (which is going to severely darken everything else, that case is not really a typical "sunny" daylight exposure value. jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David J Brooks Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 8:02 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: What EI are you getting for your Pentax DSLR using sunny F16 rule? I shot some pictures in bright snow this past weekend.PZ-1 using hand held meter suggested 125 at f16 for iso a00 B&W film. My K10D shots at iso 100 were around 1/320 or 1/400 something like that, but were pretty good for getting snow detail.I'll check the files tonight Dave On 2/19/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's pretty much the same as a film camera shooting negative film. > Sunny 16 is really closer to sunny 11. Paul > On Feb 19, 2007, at 8:53 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > > I am finding my istDS isnt really full ISO > > speed when using the "sunny F16" mode of > > exposure. For example, when I use the DSLR camera > > set at ISO200 (which I use most of the time), > > I usually get my best "sunny f16" exposures at EI 160 (1/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > or > > equiv.). Thats not too bad really. Since I know this now, I can get > > pretty close by guesstimate techniques I have used for years > > and then tweek/bracket as needed, all in manual > > mode. > > > > Anybody else notice or test their camera for > > this "sunny f16" rule and what EI are you getting > > for the DSLR camera set to ISO200? > > > > jco > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
