Physical Camera Controls for non-photographers

[Sawyer]

Expose your subject. Take color meter setting at the subject then walk away and crop the picture.
If you have a choice in exposure/apeture settings go with the longer exposure (assuming a still subject).
The faster the film (above 400 say) the more grain.
Expose to the shadow.

Something to think about - In the field you probably wont be able to change film stock. If you are trying to learn the camera settings keep the film stock the same. 400 is a nice all around multipurpose speed. It might be easier to keep a variable set and not have to worry about one set of numbers. Especially if you prorbably wouldn't be playing too much with film speeds in "reality"

[pixelstudio]

Hi people,

I found the following document a nice read about exposure. i'm totalty blank on photographing and exposures, iso's, shutterspeeds and such. so i was looking for a bit of a 'easy' reading.

maybe it's usefull for some1 else

here is the link : http://www.shutterfreaks.com/Tips/Ex...xposure111.pdf

[VKNT]

The following link helped me understand things pretty well.

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm

[VKNT]

And this one for DOF.

I found this a while ago, looking for predictable results with my canon S2 IS but found that my sensor is too small to create large DOF (well except for macro shots)

It's a small app that calculates the DOF for you.

http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html