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Sunny 16 Doesn’t seem to work with my T6

Started Sep 17, 2019 | Discussions thread
RedFox88 Forum Pro • Posts: 30,738
Re: Sunny 16 Doesn’t seem to work with my T6

gedansky wrote:

I understand this can be considered an archaic concept, but it is helping me to understand Manual shooting better.

I have my aperture set f/16

no need for f/16 on an aps-c camera. It’ll reduce sharpness more than providing more depth if field because aps-c has 1 1/3 stops more DOF due to using shorter focal lengths

in bright sunlight, and my ISO at 200 and shutter speed at 1/200 and my meter shows my camera as WAY under exposed. the articles on sunny 16 says that this is also a way to find out whether or not your camera meter is accurate. Well apparently mine is not even close.

There’s no need for that old rule because you can see your recorded result immediately and reshoot if needed unlike waiting for processed film prints to see how you did

Before trying this, I would either be in Aperture mode and let the camera handle shutter speed, or manual and just adjust my shutter speed until my light meter leveled off. But plugging in the formulas from sunny 16 should work as well.

I really hope I’m just missing something.

Yep, just use your camera’s metering system, it’s far more advanced than sunny 16

I did go through my camera to see if I had any kind of overcompensated settings but I don’t.

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