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[OM] Fw: [OLYMPUS] Exposure metering

Subject: [OM] Fw: [OLYMPUS] Exposure metering
From: "Terry and Tracey" <foxcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:14:58 +1100
> > ----------
> > > Date: Thursday, 23 October 1997 10:06:09 
> > > From: Lars Bergquist
> > > To: Olympus Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: [OLYMPUS] Exposure metering
> > > 
> > > Wrote Mr Covington:
> > > >The sunny f/16 rule actually errs a little on the side of
> underexposure.
> > > 
> > > What you actually get on the ground depends also of course on how far
> > > the sun is above the horizon (a lower sun shines through more air, water
> > > vapour and plain dirt) and the state of the atmosphere. Where I live at
> > > 60 degrees North, "sunny 11" is more appropriate. And that only if the
> > > sun is more than about 10 degrees above the horizon. Sunny 16 works
> > > on the beach at noon in the summer.
> > > 
> > > Remembering this and a few other rules of thumb (for instance, the
> > > atmosphere steals about one f-stop of light, i.e. 50 percent, if the
> > shadows
> > > have fuzzy edges and are filled with difffuse light) you do seldom need
> > > an exposure meter in daytime out of doors of you use negative film.
> > > In case of doubt, 'overexpose' by one or even two f-stops---the film can
> > > take it.
> > > 
> > > And an incident meter is of course the only really dependable meter.
> > > But building one into a camera would not be very practical!
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Vänliga hälsningar/Best regards
> > > Lars Bergquist
> > > Välkommen till/Welcome to ...
> > > <http://www.bahnhof.se/~timberwolf/>


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