Joaquin Dronko: You don't say what country you are in but if it is the UK I would suggest you read Amateur Photographer each week. it is the best photographic magazine on the UK market. It has many illustrations, most from readers, so you can see what work others produce and what you can aspire to. As to a book, there are now so many (and the technology advances so quickly that they are out-of-date before publication) that I would suggest you go to your nearest big bookstore and browse what is available....Show more
Dorine Nurre: several answers; there are more ways of killing a pig than choking it with cream, as they say.on a tripod, use whatever speed gets you in the mid range of the lens apertures; don't use f16 or f22, don't use f2,8 (unless it's a Zeiss prime or a Leica), go for f6,3 thru f11. If all you've got is a zoom (ugh!) then set it a third the way into the range, don't use widest or most telephoto end (unless it's an Angenieux, in which case you can af! ford a pro photo course)hand held, use the reciprocal of the focal length or preferably double that; so 50mm lens use 1/125th second speed, a 135mm lens use 1/500 th shutter unless that puts you in the widest apeture.Aperture also partly controls depth of sharpness; focus a third the way into the foreground of the landscape and look at the aperture ring, opposite the marks for the opening you've chosen, what range will be in acceptable focus? Is it was you want? If not, back on the tripod, slower shutter, smaller aperture. Or of course, faster film if you can, but that has it's own problems of quality after 400 ISO/ASA.Lastly the sunny 16 rule; on a good day set f16 with the speed about the same as the film speed; so 100 ISO film gets you 125th at f16, 200 ISO gets you 1/250th at f16, and so on. f11 is twice the light, so double the speed, ie; ISO 200 film 1/500th at f11. Only really works with colour negative film with a wide latitude though, slides are far more cri! tical, use the meter judiciously for those....Show more
! Sabra Roers: For ISO 100, you use 1/125 at f/16, or any other equivalent exposure you like.
Chi Alfero: Always shoot on manual! ^_^ You have plenty more control.If you are shooting a landscape, you are going to want to use a higher aperture (anywhere between f/10 and f/22). This will widen your "plane of focus", meaning more will be in focus the farther it is away from you in the photograph. But you know that!That said, you are going to want to change your shutter speed to work around that setting. Just always make sure when shooting landscapes that your aperture is as high as can be! :DThere are plenty of technical ways to go about finding this relation, but the best way to figure out your settings is to guess and check, in my honest opinion. Especially if you're an amateur. Just know that the darker it is outside, the lower your shutter speed is going to have to be to compensate for your high aperture....Show more
Piedad Bassiti: Simple answer is use ! your light meter ...if its busted ...one of mine just went ...use the sunny 16 method...pick shutter speed closest to film iso and put aperature a f16.....on cloudy day put it at like 11 or 8
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