Sunny F/16 Rule
One of the reasons I got into photography and started to take it more seriously is that I love hiking and I wanted a way to show other people and record the amazing sights I see on my travels.
A friend of mine introduced to me a handy rule to help me get more “keepers”. Its called the Sunny 16 Rule or somethimes just the f/16 rule. It bascially is a quick way to work out settings under sunny conditions, and it goes like this…
Set your apature to f/16 with a shutter speed of 1/ISO setting (or as close as your camera settings will get).
Eg.
ISO = 100 – Shutter = 1/125
ISO = 200 – Shutter = 1/250
ISO = 400 – Shutter = 1/500
That’s it! Simple as that and you should get some decsent exposures without having to resort to a light meter!
