Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But the sunny 16 rule is a good one. Set your speed to that of your film. Then the aperture at, f/16 if it is very sunny. Open up a stop for every degree your light is worse than this. Sunny, but with clouds around, f/11; more clouds than sun, f/8; open shade f/5.6 (this is a very common North European climatic condition!!); closed shade f/4, and so on.--Martin Davidson Martin, I agree, the f16 @ film speed shutter in sunlight is a good interpolative rule of thumb. I've been trying to find a similar reference for indoor lighting without a meter. So far, only experience has worked for me. It would be great if we could find a basic exposure that would free those of us who prefer to work intuitively and with T Leicas. There is a lightness in such freedom. It occurred to me that we could apply the outdoor rule by referring to it by comparing the exposure for indoor conditions according to it. I'll experiment with this idea and would appreciate feedback from our colleagues. Bob R