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"Neil Ellwood" <> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 09:03:49 +0100, Alfred Molon wrote:
>
>> In article <>, Alan Browne
>> says...
>>> f/16 x 1/125 - sunny f/11 x 1/125 - part cloudy f/8 x 1/125 -
>>> cloudy
>>>
>>> etc.. ...
>>>
>>> As a kid that's all I needed....
>>
>> Doesn't this rule depend on location and time? The sun in Sweden is
>> different from the sun in the tropics, and the sun at noon different
>> from the sun in the evening.
>
> It also depends on the speed of the film.
>
>
That *is* based on the film speed. The "sunny 16" rule is f16 at 1/125 for
100 speed film....200 speed would be 1/250...400 speed would be 1/500 etc.