equivalent exposure value chart

    Print this out and you may find it useful to help you quickly find all the different ways to achieve the same exposure in terms of different aperture and shutter speed values. This chart uses whole-stop increments. Let's say you have a certain EV (exposure value) made up of the two components of an f/2.8 aperture and a 1/500 second shutter speed. That's an EV of 12 by the way. Just follow the same-colour diagonal on the chart to find equivalent combinations. Eg: f/2.8 and 1/500th second is equivalent to f/22 at 1/8th sec, is equivalent to f/8 at 1/60th sec. And so on. Handy for nerds like me and creatives like Freeman Patterson who want to play around with the possibilities in manual mode

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      marialeticia, RachaelWD, yroc78, Matt Dobson Photograhy, and 111 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. Sharps Photography (56 months ago | reply)

      Excellent idea! Thanks for posting this.

    3. leelicini (53 months ago | reply)

      Awesome, thanks for this, very helpful for a newbie!

    4. DrParmesan (52 months ago | reply)

      Thanks man! Im in a photography class, and for the final the instrustor says we may have one page on notes, so printed this, AND I HAD NO CLUE THAT 70% OF THE QUESTIONS WERE ABOUT THIS!!! This SAVED my grade! YOU gave me an "A"

    5. Meerkat Thunderpants (52 months ago | reply)

      hey wow I think that deserves a pint if you're anywhere near Toronto's West End :-)

    6. MBG Photography (38 months ago | reply)

      that's great! love it. ever think of doing one for sunny 16??

    7. Emzy&Rick (34 months ago | reply)

      nice one, thanks for sharing ;O)

    8. Carmela Quintana (26 months ago | reply)

      Sweet!!!!!!

    9. rachel's creations (16 months ago | reply)

      Thank you for sharing!

    10. iheartphotog2011 (14 months ago | reply)

      I'm relatively new to photography. I do understand the relationship between iso, shutterspeed and aperture. Forgive me if this is a stupid question but I must ask, what do the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3,4 and so on represent? Thank you.

    11. iheartphotog2011 (14 months ago | reply)

      Meaning, what does EV of 12 mean? Thank you.

    12. Jim Austin Jimages (8 months ago | reply)

      Meerkat

      Think you are missing a variable; Shouldn't you specify that the table applies for ISO 100?

      :) Jim

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