Exposure settings

Exposure triangle consists of Aperature, Shutter Speed, ISO.

• Aperature - depends on lense - low f stop means brighter image - higher f stop means darker image - Affect depth of field - example 2 objects with distance between them. low f lense is expensive
• Shutter speed (Double the frame rate) - Fast shutter will produce darker image - Slower shutter speed will produce brighter image - butalso affects blurriness - Example - fan
• ISO - Low ISO - dark image, High ISO - brighter image - produces noise grain when ISO is higher

Metering Mode

Metering mode decides how to calculate the exposure (which area to use to calculate exposure)

• spot
• evaluative (Matrix)
• Partial Evaluative

Best Exposure Settings Scenarios

Now let us see best settings for various scenarios.

• Portrait mode/Macro - low f-stop - shallow depth of field
• Landscape - high f-stop - max depth of field
• Sports - faster shutter speed
• Night mode - Slow shutter speed and low ISO
• Indoor - When you are taking photographs indoor, you would most probably end up using ISO at 800, shutter speed at 1/60 and Aperture at f/8
• Outdoor - When you are taking photographs outdoor, you would most probably end up using ISO at 100, shutter speed at 1/30 and Aperture at f/2.8