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Major Nikon

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3. It's a great chart for a beginner
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 05:16 PM
Apr 2015

What the chart is showing you is what effect you can expect from changing each one of those three exposure parameters.

Any change to one of those parameters will effect one or both of the other two assuming exposure is correct in both instances. All three of those parameters are expressed in 1 stop increments. So in other words if f/16, 1/125, and ISO 100 gives you a correct exposure, but you want a faster shutter speed to freeze high speed action, you can move the shutter speed to 1/500 (two stops), but since the shutter is now staying open for less amount of time, less light is reaching the media. So you'll need to compensate by moving the Aperture two stops to the right, ISO two stops to the right, or both 1 stop to the right.

Another thing that's good to know is the depth of field shown on the Aperture scale is also dependent on focal length and distance to subject. Modern lenses typically don't have depth of field markings, so it's good to have a smartphone app that tells you the depth of field for a given camera/focal length/aperture, and distance.

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Yes and no NV Whino Apr 2015 #1
Thanks, NV Whino! Whoa_Nelly Apr 2015 #5
it is in a way rdking647 Apr 2015 #2
Thank you, rdking647! Whoa_Nelly Apr 2015 #6
It's a great chart for a beginner Major Nikon Apr 2015 #3
Awesome info to add to this! Whoa_Nelly Apr 2015 #4
The smartphone app I have is Photobuddy Major Nikon Apr 2015 #7
The thing to keep in mind is that the last line is changing with technology Fumesucker Apr 2015 #8
Noise for a perfect beginner nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #10
It's a good start Stevenmarc Apr 2015 #9
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