Comments on: Moving Toward Manual Settings: Understanding Basic Daylight Exposure and Equivalent Exposure

By: Patrick Peritore

Patrick Peritore — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:05:49 +0000

Mahalo, great tutorial. One frustrating thing about the Canon EOS 7D is that it is almost .8 EV underexposed, and the pictures always need a but of Sharpen and a few points of Radiusing to look their best. Why do they want mushy underexposed images in such a sophisticated camera, whats the deal:

By: Mauricio G

Mauricio G — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:49:12 +0000

I love how simple is this explained and I find particularly useful the fact that you provide a starting point for right exposure. I’m like the “ask to” guy among my classmates when it comes to photography, this will be handy the next time I get questioned about exposure.

By: Hemu

Hemu — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:52:57 +0000

Great writing. I have read all 4 today and very much eye opening. Can you write about light metering too…

By: Ricky

Ricky — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:01:10 +0000

I must be missing a basic. The shutter speed must be at least the reciprocal of the focal length. If you do not have a full frame sensor (most of us don’t) then the focal length must be adjusted by a lens factor, making the functional focal length even longer. At 50mm, the sunny f16 rule would work, but if I shoot at focal length of 70 or more I am in trouble with my Nikon D80. Unless I am missing something, then many readers will have some bad results, especially if they take portraits.

By: Kat

Kat — Sun, 15 May 2011 10:52:19 +0000

So I’m supposed to take photos for a skating show. The plan is to have the lights off, spotlights on the skaters and no flash allowed. The building does have a few windows so I am hoping that will help me as
Far as a little light. What settings should my ISO and shutter be on? Especially since the Skaters will be moving?

By: Emerson

Emerson — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:24:09 +0000

very clear and very helpful..thank you so much.

By: ZAE

ZAE — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:46:09 +0000

I enjoying reading your explanations of photography especially all installements on Moving Toward Manual Mode.. .I have read all 4, and waiting for other installment to practice and improve my skills…

Waiting anxiously. …

Regards,
ZAE

By: Erasmo

Erasmo — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:25:10 +0000

Hey, great article!
I have a issue, I’ve shot great pictures in a sunny day using the following settings: ISO100, F2.8, 1/500th.
These pics were just fine but isn’t compliant with the BDE rule exposed.
Can you explain it?
Note: my cam could’nt reach the BDE cause min aperture is F8 and max shutter speed is 1/2000.
thanks!

By: norman

norman — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:49:31 +0000

Thank you natalie…..been a wealth of information i gain from this topic.Im a beginner and just trying out some of manual setting…..i use to try first the program mode and then take a reading shot and will see to it if it is over or under exposure and then i will then adjust the shutter or aperture or whatever adjustment needed in a manual mode.I always check my ISO reading before and after a shot.

By: emerson

emerson — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:08:04 +0000

Hi Natalie…thank you very much for a very good educations about basic photography. You really made the complicated things so very simple and easy to understand. For a beginner like me, this really helps a lot. I will be in Pearl Harbor hawaii this Aug2010, for 3 years. Hope that 1 day we’ll see each other and i would like to be one of you apprectices on photography. Thank you so much.

emerson