Understanding Exposure - Bryan Petersen

[Soul Of Nature]

You wont regret it Simmo - my understanding of exposure gets better every time Im out now.

Morning Stuart ...have you been out yet , thought I may get out today and I'm stuck in yet again waiting for a parcel to arrive for next door and it's a lovely day here an all

[STUARTINPERTH]

Yes Jean look in landscapes posted a couple already - got some lovely shots - most still on card unprocessed

[James Wheeler]

I received a copy today, always worth reading about things - there will always be knowledge to gain or forgotten knowledge to job back out of the depths of the mind :)

[simmo]

Got my copy yesterday and can't wait to get out and put it into practice. For those of us that are still fairly new to manual operation, it makes the penny drop.

[mick cooke]

hi after reading about the book on this forum i thought i would take the plunge and order it of amazon, yes well worth it a great read ,
thanks all
mick

[Mark W]

got mine yesterday and devoured it - fab

[James I]

This may be agood purchase for MO and the elusive red kite situation.

James

[Mark W]

Hey dont ! Im getting off on the old pal running round chasing birds and getting wound up - dont give him the answers till Ive taken him out drinking

[STUARTINPERTH]

Glad you liked the book Mark, Ive not looked back since getting it.

[Mark W]

Manual is the way............

[pinotnoir]

I ordered this from Amazon a few days ago. Hopefully it'll turn up soon as i'm looking forward to reading it.

[Shaun Walby]

yer i fell for the f22 (see recent shots) they are at f22....this was as a direct result of reading this book. Further reading around leads me to think BP is talking about full frame camera sensor based on equivalent 35mm film....iam using a crop x1.6 in my 550 which means i already get much more D of F. For landscapes next out i'll be experimenting the hyperfocal distance but working closer to this article i posted recently PJ. Morley » Hyperfocal Distance Made Easy check out the equivalent distances suggested for the sensor f-stop and focal length your using, there is of course a mathematical equation you can plug in in the field......i for one aint going there (just yet!)

iam on the second run now with BP...yer generally very good, i also like the pre-focusing the camera for the car journey great idea.

wonder if anyone would like to comment on these rule's of thumb ive found...

11:30 idea...f11 focal length 30mm hyperfocal distance = 11ft therefore everything from 5.5ft to infinity will be in focus

8:18 idea f8 focal length 18mm hyperfocal distance = 8 ft 4ft to infinity in focus

test shot, tweak you should be good.

These of course are going to be more user friendly when its -13 outside and you need faff to be down to a minimum, i guess you have to find the specifics of you chosen lens when all said and done.

[StuBill]

Your rules of thumb stack up correct to me.
I also believe that using live view, if you have it, with 10x zoom on the point of focus, very useful indeed for working with manual focus and hyperfocal distances.
Stu

[Piano]

I agree also and particularly with the live view option.

[Shaun Walby]

Thanks for that Stu/Nigel...i have live view, will have a play with that idea as well.