| Ever get caught without a light meter?
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| | me 1/125 @ f16.Next, it was winter so I
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| Stuck on an important photoghrapic
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| | added another stop. That made it 1/60 @
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| expedition without a way of determining
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| | f16. That was fine for the middle of the
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| your exposure settings? Well I have, and
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| | day.Being winter, the angle of the sun
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| it worked out ok, thanks to the Sunny 16
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| | was low all day so I was photographing
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| Rule and careful consideration of years
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| | for most of the time except for a while
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| of experience. Here's the story
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| | around noon when I went back to my camp
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| surrounding this event and how it worked
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| | for a feed.The above film exposure
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| out.High Investment Trip
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| | wouldn't do for the early and late shots
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| For over 12 months I'd planned and
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| | as the light level was decreased. For the
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| prepared for this wilderness landscape
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| | first and last half hour of the day I
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| photography trip to outback South
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| | added another two stops making the
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| Australia. I'd driven about a third of
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| | exposure 1/15 @ f16. Then for the two
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| the way across the continent to get to my
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| | hours on the noon side of that, I added
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| home base at Roxby Downs, a mining town
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| | one stop to the middle of the day
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| in the arid desert. I'd driven on
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| | reading, making the exposure 1/30 @ f16
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| pastoral station roads for 82 km to
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| | for that time period.Of course, when I
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| Bosworth Station Homestead where I left
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| | used the polarizing filter I added
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| the car and trailer. I'd ridden on my ATV
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| | another two stops. When using 400 ISO
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| (that's a four wheel motorbike) for two
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| | black and white film I made a new set of
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| hours over the roughest and rockiest
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| | figures adding three stops for the red
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| ground you could imagine and set up a
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| | filter.In order to manipulate depth of
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| base camp on Andamooka Island.Light Meter
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| | field I changed the exposure settings
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| Lost
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| | around, 1/8 @ f16 becoming 1/4 @ f22,
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| I camped the first night and went
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| | using the polarizing filter in the early
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| photographing just on daylight. At the
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| | morning.Checking the Figures
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| start of my afternoon photo session my
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| | Well, a fair bit of looking at the light
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| light meter was missing. It must have
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| | and checking the figures went on for the
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| fallen out of my coat pocket while I was
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| | next five days. When I got back to Roxby
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| riding. If you could see the million,
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| | Downs I used another meter to check my
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| trillion rocks strewn over the desert and
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| | exposure calculations at various times of
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| where I'd been on the bike, you'd
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| | the day and began to feel more at
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| understand that it just wasn't worth
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| | ease.Great Negatives
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| looking for the meter. Five days of
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| | When I got home and processed the black
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| photographing in front of me and no way
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| | and white film and in due corse got the
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| of getting accurate light
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| | colour negatives and CD back from the
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| readings.Applying the Sunny 16 Rule
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| | lab, I was relieved and delighted to find
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| The Sunny 16 Rule says that on a sunny
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| | that my exposures were pretty close to
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| day the exposure is the reciprocal of the
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| | correct with good detail through the full
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| film speed at f16. That's 1/ISO @ f16
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| | tonal range from shadows to
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| Here's how I applied the rule, making
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| | highlights.Memorize the Sunny 16 Rule
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| notes and an exposure table in my
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| | When I get a new meter I'll keep it on a
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| notebook:First of all, please understand
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| | cord around my neck in such situations.
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| that there are a number of things in life
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| | I'll also keep the Sunny 16 Rule in the
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| where too much is better than not enough.
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| | back of my head in case I need it again
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| Among them are your breakfast, your pay
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| | one day. Remember: f16 @ 1/ISO.Laurie
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| and film exposure. I was using 160 ISO
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| | McArthur is a wilderness landscape
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| film and the nearest shutter speed was 1
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| | photographer based on the New South Wales
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| 125 so I added 1/3 stop to line up with
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| | Far South Coast, Australia.
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| the available shutter speeds. That gave
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