How-To: Photograph the Perseid Meteor Shower and more

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	July 29, 2010 Breaking news from America's top photo magazines From the Forums: Photography and the Law Our readers share their thoughts. Join and Contribute!

	How-to: Photographing the Perseid Meteor Shower Head for the country and point your camera toward the sky.   Test: Ricoh GXR With A12 and S10 Camera Units Meet the camera with interchangeable...cameras. INSERT TEXT HERE New Gear: Tamron SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di VC USD Nikon users get the first chance at Tamron's new super-tele-zoom. OKCupid's Disturbing Photo Survey The results are amusing, if a little troubling.   Photo of the Day Think your photos have what it takes to be named Photo of the Day? Then upload your best shots to our Flickr page. See the whole gallery here Tech Support Question: Back in the old days of cameras without autoexposure, most every photographer knew the "sunny 16" rule: The proper exposure in bright sunlight was the reciprocal of the ISO film speed at f/16. So, if you have your digital camera set to ISO 100, the proper exposure under a cloudless sun should be 1/100 sec at f/16. But my digital camera, a Nikon D40x, never even comes close to that. My photos are correctly exposed, but not what sunny f/16 would call for. Can you explain this? From: Hugh Cornell Guilford, England Answer: There is often a discrepency between metered exposure and "correct" exposure. A classic example is a white sandy beach on a hazy bright day: While the camera meter might indicate an ISO 100 exposure of around 1/500 sec at f/16, the exposure taht would maintain the bright tonality of the scene would be more like 1/100 at f/16. and cameras now have "smart" meters (like Nikon) that evaluate the exposure on the basis of multiple tones in the image and even colors in the scene. Try this: Set your D40x to spotmeter and in sunlight, meter an evenly colored midtone, preferably a photo grey card. We're betting you'll get close to a sunny f/16 reading. Got a question? E-mail us at PopPhoto@bonniercorp.com. Also, visit the Tech Support forum at forums.popphoto.com.

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