Re: Understanding Exposure
I am very happy with the productiveness of this discussion. Glen's comments did not go unnoticed, and I am glad you reinforced them John. Bryan Peterson suggests underexposing 2/3 stop, so everybody is in the same ballpark with exposure. Slowly but surely I am coming around to a deeper understanding.
The second point is exactly what I was thinking in the shower this morning. On Saturday, I kept thinking, "But I don't WANT to use f/16..." Now why it didn't dawn on me in that moment that I could manipulate away, is beyond me. F/16 at 100 ISO 100 is the same as f/5.6 1/1000, is it not? The shutter speeds get me confused because there are so many variations. ISO is becoming more confusing now that I have the 30D. Crazy. ISO is in thirds.
A co-worker just handed me a copy of "Outdoor Photographer". Wouldn't you know...one of the cover stories is "Better Exposures for Digital". I am not alone. I have skimmed the article so far, and he describes the problem a lot, but doesn't offer many solutions. I'll give a fuller report later.
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