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Some new digital photographers seem to have difficulty believing that you can shoot a digital camera in manual mode outdoors for most of the daylight hours without using a light meter. After all, new digital cameras all have light meters and automatic exposure modes built into them.

But 70 years ago, folks were shooting Kodachrome transparency film without any light meters. Kodak's Kodachrome was very intolerant of incorrect exposure. Modern digital cameras are similar in their requirements for correct exposure, but may be more forgiving than Kodachrome.

I did a review of Bound for Glory - American Color 1939-1943, a book full of images of Kodachrome that were probably shot without a light meter. Kodachrome is very unforgiving of improper exposure - maybe 1/2 stop of light too little or too much and the slide was ruined.
Digital Grin > Again, the horse's shadow is barely visible, shot at 7000 feet in Wyoming. Add two stops:  

EXIF -> 
f11 
ISO 400 
1/200th 

Sunny 16 -> 
f11
ISO 400 
1/200th 

Again, it seems to work.

I hope I have demonstrated that the Sunny 16 rule is easy to understand and can be very helpful in understanding exposures needed and in interpreting your camera's exposures properly.

Discuss this tutorial or ask questions in this thread on Digital Grin!
Digital Grin > Here is another image - shot in a cloudy day with barely visible shadows calling for 2 stops more light than bright sunshine at 7500 feet in Wyoming.

EXIF-> 
f5.6 
ISO 400 
1/1000th 

Sunny 16  ->  (suggests two stops more light than sunshine)
f8 
1/400th 
ISO 400 

OR 

f5.6 
1/800th 

Again - pretty close!!
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