Comments on: The Life-saving F/16 Rule for Landscape Photographers

By: adamlau

adamlau — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:52:36 +0000

f/16 to f/8 is 2 stops apart(f16 to f11 to f8), so you would need to adjust your shutter accordingly, 1/100 to 1/400 or 1/500

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By: newbiephotographer

newbiephotographer — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:43:57 +0000

What if your camera can only go as low as f/8? Would lowering the equivalent shutter speed to half work?

Let’s say at f/8 at ISO 100, equivalent shutter speed would be 1/50?

Thanks for sharing BTW.

By: Luciana

Luciana — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:55:32 +0000

I learnt this “rule” ages ago in a course I did. And it has saved me a few times…
Thanks for sharing!

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:32:59 +0000

Tried this as soon as I read it, lol. It works well at 400, I will try it at 800 later. Thanks for the tip!

By: adrian geronimo

adrian geronimo — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:02:35 +0000

great tip. the shutter speeds and f stop coordination actually make a lot of sense.
F16 is the same f stop we used to study the hyperfocal distance in school a couple of weeks ago. but this article just put new light to why we were restricted to that number, specially with the 1/ISO concept. well done!

By: Mark Towner

Mark Towner — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:22:40 +0000

Nice tip but….

Surely at ISO 400 the shutter speed should be 1/500 (and 1/1000 for ISO 800)

Will be testing this :)

By: Ilan

Ilan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:29:01 +0000

Great tip!
I should try that :)