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Exposure Tools
EV
Bellows
Exposure Value Assist
Simple calculator getting ballpark exposure settings for scenes
Scene Brightness/Exposure
EV - Select EV value
EV -6 - Night, away from city lights, subject under starlight only.
EV -5 - Night, away from city lights, subject under crescent moon.
EV -4 - Night, away from city lights, subject under half moon. Meteors (during showers, with time exposure).
EV -3 - Night, away from city lights, subject under full moon.
EV -2 - Night, away from city lights, snowscape under full moon.
EV -1 - Subjects lit by dim ambient artificial light.
EV 0 - Subjects lit by dim ambient artificial light.
EV 1 - Distant view of lighted skyline.
EV 2 - Lightning (with time exposure). Total eclipse of moon.
EV 3 - Fireworks (with time exposure).
EV 4 - Candle lit close-ups. Christmas lights, floodlit buildings, fountains, and monuments. Subjects under bright street lamps.
EV 5 - Night home interiors, average light. School or church auditoriums. Subjects lit by campfires or bonfires.
EV 6 - Brightly lit home interiors at night. Fairs, amusement parks.
EV 7 - Bottom of rainforest canopy. Brightly lighted nighttime streets. Indoor sports. Stage shows, circuses.
EV 8 - Las Vegas or Times Square at night. Store windows. Campfires, bonfires, burning buildings. Ice shows, football, baseball etc. at night. Interiors with bright florescent lights.
EV 9 - Landscapes, city skylines 10 minutes after sunset. Neon lights, spotlighted subjects.
EV 10 - Landscapes and skylines immediately after sunset. Crescent moon (long lens).
EV 11 - Sunsets. Subjects in open shade.
EV 12 - Half moon (long lens). Subject in heavy overcast.
EV 13 - Gibbous moon (long lens). Subjects in cloudy-bright light (no shadows).
EV 14 - Full moon (long lens). Subjects in weak, hazy sun.
EV 15 - Subjects in bright or hazy sun (Sunny f/16 rule).
EV 16 - Subjects in bright daylight on sand or snow.
EV 17 - Rarely encountered in nature. Some man made lighting.
EV 18 - Rarely encountered in nature. Some man made lighting.
EV 19 - Rarely encountered in nature. Some man made lighting.
EV 20 - Rarely encountered in nature. Some man made lighting.
EV 21 - Rarely encountered in nature. Some man made lighting.
EV 22 - Extremely bright. Rarely encountered in nature.
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Aperture
f/1
f/1.4
f/2
f/2.8
f/4
f/5.6
f/8
f/11
f/16
f/22
