Sunny f/8?

[Sparrow]

I checked the light in northern England and southern Greece on consecutive days and if there was any difference I couldn't measure it.

[Roger Hicks]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

I checked the light in northern England and southern Greece on consecutive days and if there was any difference I couldn't measure it.

Dear Stewart,

With a spot meter, to measure the brightness range?

Japanese members of the IS0 standards committee wanted a lower standard gamma for B+W because northern light is, on average, less contrasty than southern.

Cheers,

R.

[KenR]

Also applies only between 10AM and 4PM (in summer; probably 2PM in winter) as when the sun is lower in the sky, the light is less intense.

[Sparrow]

Originally Posted by Roger Hicks

Dear Stewart,

With a spot meter, to measure the brightness range?

Japanese members of the IS0 standards committee wanted a lower standard gamma for B+W because northern light is, on average, less contrasty than southern.

Cheers,

R.

Dear Roger

I'm not that organised sadly, no it was just an incident reading taken with my old Seconic L28 pointing the dome at a clear-blue sky here in the Pennine hills ... I just happened to be going to Greece the following day and did it again out of interest.

In both cases the needle pointed at the little sticker I have on the meter to use as a datum, well more or less anyway

[jaredangle]

Sunny f/8 on April 7th in Michigan – f/8, Fuji Acros 100, 1/125th on a Mamiya RZ67 w/ 180mm lens.

[raytoei@gmail.com]

i find f11 works best in sunny asia, and f16 works for me when there are
alot of reflections eg, beach or swmming pool.

cheers!

[bulevardi]

Originally Posted by charjohncarter

Time of day, time of the year, latitude, light haze, not to mention differences in film and camera all add to the inaccuracy of the sunny sixteen rule. I get f8 sometimes in California, but not very often.

Indeed !

What about 'fine dust' or fine smog in the air.

[bulevardi]

Originally Posted by maddoc

It is actually the old German rule of thumb "Die Sonne lacht, nimm Blende 8" [Sun is smiling, use aperture 8] since "lacht" and "8=acht" are an easy to remember rhyme. Another one "Erscheinen Wolken Dir, nimm Blende 4" [If clouds appear, use aperture 4]

These rules were established when films with sensitivity similar to todays ISO125 were standard.

Nice 'trivia' in this post.


Every next day I'll wake up with sun shining through the window, I'll sing: "Die Sonne lacht, nimm Blende acht!"