Andy's Handy Mini

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Exposure Calculator
cut out

Aperture
How to make it

Shutter speed

ISO
Recommended tools: a sharp craft knife
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 EV
and a metal ruler.

sunset

interior
Sunsets

Fireworks
First cut out the windows and score

Streetlights
Neon lights

Bright night
Open shade

night interior
Stage shows
Indoor sports

Average home
Floodlit stadium
Spot-lit subjects
the folds - it's easier to do this before

Floodlit buildings
Immediately after

Bright streetlights
Bright day interior
you've cut the parts out from the
page. The back of your knife blade is
handy for scoring the folds.
Cut out the two parts of the exposure
calculator. Glue the tab then fold and
assemble the main part. When the

Bright sun on
sand or snow
Bright sunny day
(hard shadows)
Hazy sunshine
(soft shadows)
Bright cloudy day
(no shadows)
Heavily overcast
day
Open shade
Sunsets
Immediately after
sunset
Neon lights
Spot-lit subjects
Floodlit stadium
Bright day interior
score here
glue is dry, fold the sliding scale and
EV 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8
slip it inside the main part. Make sure
to get the sliding scale the right way
ISO round as the two sides are different.
cut out
The sliding scale on this page has its
score here

aperture scale graduated in 1/3 f-

Shutter speed
Aperture

2000 1000 500 250 125 60 30 15 8

stops. If you prefer half f-stop
glue here
graduations, use the alternative scale
on the next page.

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How to use it
4.5
3.5

6.3
1.8

22 16 11 8 5.6 4 2.8 2 1.4

Establish the brightness (EV) of your
800 1600 3200 400 200 100 subject, using either your hand-held
light meter or the descriptions on the
320
160
125

calculator. (Note that the descriptions

are only a guideline - if you're working
from them you may wish to bracket
night side
your exposures.)
Slide the sliding scale so that the ISO
score here

value of your film lines up with the

appropriate EV value. Then you can
read off aperture/shutter speed
day side combinations from the lower pair of
scales.

This version of the calculator is

64
125
160
320

25 50 100 200 400 800 1600 reversible. Use the side with EVs 8-16
for bright conditions, and the 3-11
1.4 2 2.8 4 5.6 8 11 16 22
side for dim light.
1.8
6.3

3.5
4.5

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This is the optional aperture scale graduated
2.4 1.7
in half f-stops. If you prefer 1/3 f-stop
22 16 11 8 5.6 4 2.8 2 1.4 graduations, you don't need this page.
800 1600 3200 400 200 100
320

160
125

score here

night side
day side
64

125
160

320

25 50 100 200 400 800 1600

1.4 2 2.8 4 5.6 8 11 16 22
1.7 2.4