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Sunny 16 Rule
On occasion I push away from my digital cameras and spend time with one of my all manual 35mm SLR film cameras.
On this morning I reached for my Nikon FM that is an all manual camera that although it has a light meter built in to it, you can toss the battery that powers the light meter, and the camera continues to function fine with its all mechanical shutter.
In fact the early Nikon FM's like the one pictured here, the light meter consisting of 3 LED's indicating the setting, left a lot to be desired either indicating over or under the proper exposure but rarely spot on. In most cases I find it's quicker to go with the sunny 16 rule and set the camera based on the film loaded in the camera and the condition of the sky.
On this morning because I was shooting with Ektachrome 100 transparency film, and the skies were full sun, I chose a shutter speed of 1/125, and set the aperture at f16.
Because I cut my teeth on film cameras, I love cameras like my Nikon FM pictured here or my Canon FTB that use lens that have a real aperture ring with hyperfocal distances engraved on the lens barrel.
In fact that is one of the reasons that I also love my Fuji digital cameras unlike my Canon 5D MARK III, because the fuji lens also have real aperture rings and the cameras produce a true shutter sound just like my Nikon FM that is 40 years young and still clicking.
