lynnb
Veteran
Today is Sunny 16 Day, thanks to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. From now on this day is designated for using your meterless cameras! No cheating allowed - leave the hand held meter at home too.
Sydney July 4 forecast. Courtesy of Australian Bureau of Meteorology.
Pull out your old Kodak film boxes and refresh your memory of the Sunny 16 Guide!
Feel welcome to add any Sunny 16 pictures you take today to this thread!
Sydney July 4 forecast. Courtesy of Australian Bureau of Meteorology.
Pull out your old Kodak film boxes and refresh your memory of the Sunny 16 Guide!
Feel welcome to add any Sunny 16 pictures you take today to this thread!
raid
Dad Photographer
We have passed the Sunny 16 day by now!
Mackinaw
Think Different
The Sunny 16 is all I used today. Sunny, cloud-free skies, Independence Day weekend here in the States, and a 4x5 Crown Graphic loaded with FP4. Nice combination.
Jim B.
Jim B.
lynnb
Veteran
How so, Raid? It's 4 July morning here and you're about 14hrs behind.. your Sunny 16 Day is Independence from Light Meters Day
raid
Dad Photographer
Of course you are right.
...But for Raid, the day's temperature is a bit more than 16° (61°F) !
farlymac
PF McFarland
I've got so many meterless cameras it's almost always Sunny-16!
PF
PF
lynnb
Veteran
You and me both!
pyeh
Member of good standing
Lynn, your Kodachrome II chart is quite different from the Kodak box charts I'm used to, and actually a bit more useful for us with unpractised Sunny eyes.
lynnb
Veteran
I just noticed there's no f/8 in that chart
Pioneer
Veteran
I have been sunny 16ing all day but this evening I finally pulled out a meter to get help ensure an evening shot of a really good looking tractor. If I had memorized the EV chart I probably could have come up with a pretty good guess. Oh well, more practice is needed.
Richard G
Veteran
This sort of exposure guide on the back of Rollielfexes, with many variations over the years, takes account of the time of day and the month of the year. In northern Europe...
Rolleiflex Automat - exposure guide by Raúl Sá Dantas, on Flickr
Rolleiflex Automat - exposure guide by Raúl Sá Dantas, on FlickrKenR
Well-known
I used to tape a sunny f16 guide to the back of my old meterless cameras that was specific to the film that I generally use (ISO 400). Now I’m too lazy even for that and just carry a Gossen Digisix meter around my neck.
lynnb
Veteran
Here's the first of my Sunny 16 Day photos. Instax Mini 9, ISO800 film 1/60 f/32.
Dee Why beach, Sydney
Dee Why beach, Sydney
David Hughes
David Hughes
Sunny 16 and the charts inside film cartons are for people who use one roll a year and that's in July or August when on holiday.
Try Sunny-8 in December to check it. It's got a long history and gets mentioned in my old magazines from the 20's and 30's using H&D speeds...
Regards, David
Try Sunny-8 in December to check it. It's got a long history and gets mentioned in my old magazines from the 20's and 30's using H&D speeds...
Regards, David
lynnb
Veteran
Hi David,
Where I live - 34deg.S on Australia's east coast - Sunny 8 in June (southern hemisphere equivalent to December) would give me 2 stops overexposed on a sunny day. I'm sure it's a different story at higher latitudes and different climate zones where Sunny 8 would be more appropriate.
Cheers,
Lynn
helen.HH
To Light & Love ...
Today and always is Sunny 16 and one's intuition...
David Hughes
David Hughes
Hi,
That's the problem with the www; perhaps we should publish our time zone and latitude with questions and answers.
FWIW, I've bought USSR made cameras with exposure calculators with them and it is obvious that they come in three parts for - IIRC - 40, 50 and 60 degrees north.
Luckily, film's latitude and editors can cover the horrors caused by funny 16.
Regards, David
Greg Maslak
Well-known
With only 2X16 forecast and maybe a few clouds, I'm up for a meterless challenge. SV in hand and a picnic in the park. A nice way to enjoy a little relief from the heat.
Lynn's Dee Why Beach photo really says "Sunny Days". Nice
Lynn's Dee Why Beach photo really says "Sunny Days". Nice
Retro-Grouch
Veteran
And don't forget altitude. When I moved to the Southwest after the East Coast at sea level, I quickly discovered that the clear air at 7,000 feet meant "sunny 22". When I get up into the mountains, near 11,000 feet, it reaches sunny 22.5. Too much variation; my meter weighs 2 ounces, is easy to carry, and gives me exact exposure. Color transparency film is fussy, and too expensive to waste with guesstimation. Knowing one's craft can mean many things; being able to estimate exposure is an admirable skill, but knowing when and how to meter is as well.