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From: John Hudson <jahudson@xxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, August 30, 1999 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: Initial lens? Re: [OM] Camera for beginner
>At 11:13 PM 30-08-99 +0100, Nicholas Lee <njl25@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>
>>
>>On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>>
>>> can compete with an OM-1 in that regard. Its electronics merely govern
the
>>> display, so you can always shoot it using the Sunny 16 rule. I'd
recommend
>>> paying attention to that rule even with a good working OM-1N, too. <G>
>>
>>Could you explain Sunny 16 rule?
>
>It is supposed to mean that on a bright sunny day you can shoot at f16 @ 1
>/ film's ISO number [or any combination of matching f stops and shutter
>speeds] and have a properly exposed photo.
>
>My experience is that this rule gives about a half stop of under exposure
>which is not significant with print film but is a material consideration
>for slides.
>
>John Hudson
>Vancouver, BC
john, i would agree; in fact, where i live, during a less than
spectacularly clear day, you could call it the "sunny 11 rule.
wayne harrison
>
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