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Anonymous 10/15/2025, 5:45:44 AM No.4474905 [Report] >>4474920 >>4474923 >>4475011 >>4475029 >>4475030
Exposure Triangle
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How the fuck did they know how to make an image as beautiful as this without having a preview or viewfinder? The old masters of photography were imagining their kino...
Anonymous 10/15/2025, 6:22:08 AM No.4474920 [Report]
>>4474905 (OP)
They relied on their skill, experience, and vision. Something you can still do even with a digital camera.
Anonymous 10/15/2025, 6:39:01 AM No.4474923 [Report] >>4474925 >>4476947
>>4474905 (OP)
Trial and error. First guy realised ISO 0.5 film takes longer than a few seconds to expose. Guess and improve until you get a ballpark feel for most things. If you tape over your light meter, and expose exclusively at any one ISO (100/200/400/800) and you'll go through the same process and eventually you won't need it.
It's one step above zone metering which also relies on you to understand light values and expected EV, but goes further and expects you to understand your medium (the film).
Anonymous 10/15/2025, 7:08:09 AM No.4474925 [Report] >>4474939 >>4475087
>>4474923
Have you ever shot film or made a print in your life bro? What the FUCK are you talking about?
Anonymous 10/15/2025, 9:38:43 AM No.4474939 [Report]
>>4474925
what? hes spot on
Anonymous 10/15/2025, 7:17:42 PM No.4475011 [Report]
>>4474905 (OP)
a lot of trial and error. they just shot exposure brackets and kept the best result. you wouldnt believe how much trash all the famous photogs produce
Anonymous 10/15/2025, 8:11:56 PM No.4475029 [Report] >>4476935
>>4474905 (OP)
Knowing how to expose properly is the easiest part of photography
Anonymous 10/15/2025, 8:14:22 PM No.4475030 [Report]
>>4474905 (OP)
>How the fuck did they know how to make an image as beautiful as this without having a preview or viewfinder?
Take multiple images, changing ISO, aperture, exposure time, position, angle, etc.
You will have so many duplicates of the image with slight variations, but there will at least be one that looks good.
Anonymous 10/15/2025, 11:25:26 PM No.4475087 [Report]
>>4474925
You okay?
Anonymous 10/23/2025, 10:02:04 AM No.4476935 [Report]
>>4475029
What's the hardest? Composition?
Anonymous 10/23/2025, 10:39:25 AM No.4476947 [Report]
>>4474923
Spot on. I did this plus the sun f/11 rule back on the Nikon D40 days, when old AI lenses got no metering on camera so you're forced to do the math in your head. Eventually I got to a point where I was nailing exposure 50% of the time, or getting in the ballpark for most of the other half. I learned more about photography in those days than in all the rest combined, limitations are always fun