It was poor Roo's day to wake up ill today. We were all feeling run down and in need of a quiet day. So, it pretty much turned into a pyjama day for us. The TV was on non-stop. I managed to get some time to myself which meant that I was able to do some reading up on exposure and the zone system. I found this great article by Jackie Rankin , which has cleared up some of my muddled thinking on the subject. I still don't fully understand it all, but I am two steps closer. Some of my favourite points in the article were: To be able to pre-visualise a photograph it’s important to know the difference between how our eyes ˜see’ and how a camera ˜sees’. Unfortunately, there are no rods or cones in your dSLR (unlike the human eye) , just light-sensitive receptors that become more sensitive to light as we dial up our ISO. But like rod receptors (which detect low light and are situated on the outer parts of the retina) , as we dial up our ISO, we lose detail and colour.The higher IS...
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