Why bother with the Sunny 16 rule when your camera has a built in exposure meter? Well, to double check yourself. Maybe you manually overrode a camera setting and you forgot to change it back later.
The Sunny 16 Rule
Have you ever heard of the sunny 16 rule? It seems to have all but disappeared in most modern discussions of photography. As a matter of fact, it's one of many rules that photographers seem to have forgotten.
The "Sunny 16 Rule"
The light meter in your camera may fail or you might be in a hurry.
[edit] Sunny 16 rule
An example of the use of f-numbers in photography is the sunny 16 rule: an approximately correct exposure will be obtained on a sunny day by using an aperture of f/16 and a shutter speed close to the reciprocal of the ISO ...
Sunny 16 Rule in Photography
Sunny 16 Rule in Photography. By Liz Masoner, About.com Guide. See More About: photography lessons - photography equipment. What is the Sunny 16 Rule?
The sunny 16 rule is a simple rule of thumb for taking photos in daylight without a light meter.
Sunny 16 Often called the sunny 16 rule, it's a quick guideline for exposure on a bright sunny day: Set the aperture at f/16 and the shutter speed to the fraction closest to the film's speed (for example, 1/125 second for ISO 100 film).
Sunny 16 Rule. At f/16 and in bright, midday sunlight, your shutter speed should be the inverse of your ISO setting to get a good exposure.
Photojournalists sometimes say, 'f/8 and be there.
I'll have to keep the Sunny 16 rule in mind. My first reaction to sunlight is to always speed up the shutter, but closing down the aperture is something I have to work on.
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Amandalynn says: ...
I am old school, so when I began there were no In Camera meters, in fact I used The Sunny 16 Rule for my totally Manual Nikon (Yes, dedicated Nikon user). Then I borrowed my Dad's hand held Light Meter and really learned what all this stuff means.
You could say the same about your friend's face on a sunny day, in which case you'd apply the "sunny 16 rule" and set f/16 and 1/ISO. Why the discrepancy? The moon is made of darkish gray rock.
 See also: Aperture, Speed, Shutter, ISO, Time
  
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