Sunny 16 OK, but what about typical brightnesses?

[RML]

Well, with the tinted glass I'd sure would add 1 to 2 stops. But much also depends on how far the subject is from the window. Light drops off pretty quickly. Within 1 meter you may perhaps do with sunny-16 but further away you'll have to add stop on stop on stop as the light drops off.

 

[VinceC]

If the subject is in direct sun, and you are between the window and the subject, then yes, it's sunny 16, but everything else in the room will be dark. But if it's sun streaming through a window and the subject is side-lit or backlit or in indirect light, then other rules apply. Good rule of thumb is that interior well-lit office-type rooms are f/4 at 60 using 400-speed film. Classic "Rembrandt" light -- subject standing near a large north-facing window with no direct light, is f/5/.6 or even f/8 depending on the side of the window.

 

[sepiareverb]

The exposure instructions that are now only occasionally found in new film packaging were remarkably good in guiding exposures in different circumstances....

My first 35mm camera was a Kodak Pony2. Came with a set of plastic cards that you slipped into the back of the camera- different for each film that gave a chart of exposures, much like the inside of the camera box guide. Hearing 'Sunny 16' always brings back memories of this camera. Living in Washington State at that time the one I remember most tho is 'Cloudy Bright'.