MM10 - Sunny 16 (Basic Exposure Rule)

For those of you who are new to photography, or those of you who haven't seen this in a while, or for those of you who haven't committed this to memory... the MM10 this week captures the rules for exposure known as the Sunny 16 rule.

The idea is centered around "proper" exposure being f/16 outdoors in FULL SUN, when you make the shutter speed the inverse of the ISO (1/100 sec -> ISO 100; 1/200 sec -> ISO 200, etc.). The ALL CAPS entries in the table are generally considered "standard", and are worth committing to memory. The rest of the entries can be inferred from the "standard" ones.

(1) f/22 - ISO 100 - 1/100 sec - An extremely sunny day, while on a reflective surface like a white sandy beach, desert, or snow.

(2) f/16 - ISO 100 - 1/100 sec - FULL SUN

(3) f/11 - ISO 100 - 1/100 sec - MOSTLY SUNNY, SOME OVERCAST

(4) f/11 - ISO 100 - 1/100 sec - MOON SHOTS (this is sometimes called the MOONY 11 rule, so I'm including it as a second entry)

(5) f/9-10 - ISO 100 - 1/100 sec - sun poking through heavy rain clouds (i.e. approaching storm)

(6) f/8 - ISO 100 - 1/100 sec - MOSTLY CLOUDY

(7) f/5.6 - ISO 100 - 1/100 sec - FULL CLOUDS

(8) f/4 - ISO 100 - 1/100 sec - SUNSET

(9) f/2.8 - ISO 100 - 1/100 sec - Indoors during the day (sunny outside) in a room with plenty of natural light

(10) f/1.8 - ISO 100- 1/100 sec - Indoors; artificial light

As always, hope that everyone has a great week! - Rob