Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/12

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Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Leica] basic questions
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 00:01:12 -0800

At 04:47 PM 12/11/97 -0500, you wrote:
>    
>     I had thought the rule of thumb for an 
>     exposure in full sunlight was shutter speed equals 1/ISO at f/16.  But 
>     you wrote that "using ISO 400...[and]...shutter speed...[of]...1/250" 
>     makes the aperture setting for "Outdoors, bright sun...f/16."  Is this 
>     a case of particular ISO 400 films requiring more exposure than their 
>     rated speed allows.  Or should the exposure rule for daylight be 1/ISO 
>     at f/11?
>     
>     Art Peterson
>     

Color neg film does better with some over exposure. Thick negs print better
than thin negs. Grain is better. Contrast is better. So shooting ISO 400 at
1/250 @ f/16 (sunny almost 16) is, at least for me, actually preferred. Try
it. You will like it.

Jim