Professional Documents
Culture Documents
With all the sophistication of mo ern meterin! s"stem# it seems li$e the !oo ol% &'nn" 16 ('le can be ismisse as one of the ol relics of the film era) *'t it is still a +ali an 'sef'l r'le nonetheless# an one that can teach !rowin! photo!raphers abo't the principles of meterin!) &o if "o' ha+en%t hear abo't the &'nn" 16 ('le or ,'st nee to br'sh 'p on it a!ain# here%s a -'ic$ primer on this classic meterin! r'le)
<or other weather con itions besi es clean an s'nn"# "o' can also compensate with the apert're in or er to $eep 0&O an sh'tter spee at the same +al'e) =ere is a table from James Martin%s >i!ital Photo!raph" O't oors: ? <iel G'i e for Tra+el an ? +ent're Photo!raphers) Weather $on(ition &now"/&an " Clear @ &'nn" &li!htl" o+ercast O+ercast =ea+" o+ercast Open sha e/&'nset Sha(o) %etail >ar$ with sharp e !es >istinct &oft aro'n e !es *arel" Ao sha ows Ao sha ows Aperture f/22 f/16 f/11 f/: f/;)6 f/7
the li!ht onl"# an not how the li!ht that is bein! reflecte off the s'b,ect an into the camera) 0 wrote an e.tensi+e test on the a +anta!es of inci ent li!ht meterin! +ers's reflecte meterin! before# b't to s'm it 'p# inci ent li!ht meterin! cannot be foole b" +er" li!ht or +er" ar$ clothin! an +er" li!ht or ar$ bac$!ro'n ) &o as a -'ic$ e.ample# a bri e%s white we in! ress can throw off a camera%s reflecte li!ht meterin! the more an more of that ress fills the frame) &o the &'nn" 16 ('le is can help "o' o'ble chec$ "o'r camera%s meterin! to ma$e s're it%s not !ettin! thrown off) That%s all there is to it for the &'nn" 16 ('leB 0t%s another !oo tool to ha+e in "o'r photo!raph" $nowle !e ba!)