Sunny-16 RUle The Sunny-16 rule has roots going clear back to at least the 1920s if not earlier. Today, many people find the rule to be outdated. After all, nearly all cameras built from the 1960s forward had some sort of light meter built in. Standalone handheld meters also exists and there are even light…
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Exposure Triangle
Exposure Triangle Aperture, shutter speed, and ISO all work together to create a properly exposed image. The exposure triangle is a relatively new term first bursting onto the scene somewhere between 2005 and 2010. Before that, it was “time + intensity = exposure.” With digital cameras and their ability to change ISO values, that old…
Aperture
Aperture is: Put simply, a hole that allows light to reach the recording medium. It can get larger or smaller in nearly all lenses. Aperture controls: First and foremost, the aperture’s main function is to control the amount of light entering the camera by increasing or decreasing the size of the hole. …