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Why moving the light changes exposure, but moving the camera usually doesn’t

lighting optics inverse-square-law basics exposure

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3y ago

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How does a digital camera detect and record color?

digital-sensors image-processing bayer-filter basics color

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6y ago

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What is the Sunny 16 rule, and when can you use it?

manual-exposure film-photography sunny-16 basics exposure

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6y ago

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What does focusing mean in the thin-lens formula 1/u + 1/v = 1/f?

theory lenses optics basics focus

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6y ago

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If I double ISO, should I halve the exposure time for the same brightness?

aperture iso basics shutter-speed exposure

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7y ago

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Why does a lower f-number mean a larger aperture?

f-stop lenses aperture basics exposure

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7y ago

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Why do 1/3-stop aperture values look uneven, like f/8, f/9, f/10, f/11, f/13, f/14, f/16, f/18?

f-stop theory aperture basics exposure

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8y ago

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What does “photographic sensitivity” mean?

sensitivity photochemistry basics film exposure

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8y ago

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Why are 1/60 and 1/125 considered one full stop apart?

stops basics shutter-speed exposure

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9y ago

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What does “film base” mean, and how can you tell which side has the emulsion?

film-emulsion darkroom analogue basics film

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9y ago

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What do “elements” and “groups” mean in a camera lens?

lens-design lenses optics basics

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9y ago

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What does 1:4–5.6 mean on a lens?

lens aperture f-number basics zoom-lens

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9y ago

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How are ISO, aperture, and shutter speed related?

aperture iso basics shutter-speed exposure

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10y ago

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Why does an equivalent exposure table differ from the Sunny 16 rule?

aperture sunny-16 basics shutter-speed exposure

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10y ago

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Why are 1/125s and 1/30s commonly mentioned shutter speeds?

camera-shake basics shutter-speed flash-sync exposure

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11y ago

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Is a lens’s focal point located on the film or sensor?

lenses sensor optics basics focal-length

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11y ago

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Why is ISO called "speed" in photography?

film-photography iso basics digital-photography exposure

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12y ago

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Why do f-stops change by square roots instead of a linear scale?

f-stop lens-theory aperture basics exposure

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12y ago

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What’s the difference between a focus point and depth of field when determining what looks sharp?

autofocus depth-of-field sharpness basics focus

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12y ago

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Why do standard shutter speeds use values like 1/125 instead of exact halves such as 1/120?

stops camera-history basics shutter-speed exposure

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12y ago

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