Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gabe Sachs wrote: > = > Hello there. Everyone has been so helpful here, so now help me solve > something. I love my M6 and I love my IIIF. Does anyone have a > shortcut or a simple formula to calculate exposure without depending on= > a meter. I want to just take my IIIF and shoot without a meter. Are > there any home made guidelines that anyone out there uses or should I > just get out there and shoot a bunch of rolls and guesstimate all the > way. > = > Any help would be appreciated. > Thanks > Gabe Gabe, The table below is slightly modified from an old Modern Photography special edition, Photo Information Almanac, which cited it from a Kodak puplication. You should consider the settings as starting points; i.e. = the "people by bonfire" either underexposes by 2 stops or Kodak's writing staff make even bigger bonfires than we Brazillians :) . I hope it helps. Amilcar ISO 64 ISO 100 ISO 400 Lighted street 1/30s f:1,4 1/3 1/30s f:2 1/60s f:2,8 Neon signs 1/30s f:2,8 1/3 1/30s f:4 1/60s f:5,6 Shop windows 1/30s f:2 1/3 1/30s f:2,8 1/60s f:4 People by streetlights 1/4s f:1,4 1/3 1/4s f:2 1/15s f:2 Fountains, monuments 1s f:2,8 1/3 1s f:4 1/4s f:4 City Horizon 4s f:2 1/3 4s f:2,8 1s f:2,8 Horizon 10 min after sunset 1/30s f:2,8 1/3 1/30s f:4 1/60s f:5,6 Amusement park 1/15s f:1,4 1/3 1/15s f:2 1/60s f:2 Fireworks B f:5,6 1/3 B f:8 B f:16 Rel=E2mpagos B f:4 1/3 B f:5,6 B f:11 People by bonfires 1/8s f:1,4 1/3 1/8s f:2 1/30s f:2 Indoor playing courts 1/30s f:2 1/3 1/30s f:2,8 1/60s f:4 Moonscape 30s f:1,4 1/3 30s f:2 30s f:4