Exposure guesses
| Deadman’s Estimated Exposures (for 400 ASA b/w film) |
| f/22 @ 1/1000s | Only encountered on the surface of the sun: the photographers equivalent of "the one that got away" in fishing. |
| f/22 @ 1/500s | Extreme bright frontal midday sun in highly reflective environment such as beach or desert. Rarely encountered. Shadows will be completely black. |
| f/22 @ 1/250 | Extremely bright frontal midday sun. Most shadows will be rendered as black. |
| f/16@ 1/250 | Frontal midday sun: no important parts of the subject in shadow. |
| f/11 @ 1/250 | Glancing midday sun: subject mostly in sun but some shadows with important detail. Also very bright open shade or bright hazy light. |
| f/8 @ 1/250 | Open shade or backlit subject where subject does not fill frame. Midday cloud. |
| f/5.6 @ 1/250 | Darker shade, or frame-filling backlit subject. Also darker cloud, fading afternoon light. |
| f/4 @ 1/250 | Dark shade or rainclouds. |
| f/2.8 @ 1/250 | Very dark shade, eg under portico or bus-stop. Dark storm clouds. Failing light. |
| f/2.8 @ 1/125 | 15 minutes after sundown. |
| f/2.8 @ 1/60 | Streetlights coming on. Bright interior of store or fast food joint. Bright store windows at night. |
| f/2 @ 1/60 | Regular store interior. London Underground trains. |
| f/2 @ 1/30 | Darker (but still lit) store interior. Bright London Underground. Brightly lit street at night. |
| f/1.4 @ 1/30 | Well-lit street at night (store windows will be overexposed). Normal house interior at night. |
| f/1.4 @ 1/15 | Dark house interior at night. Cathedral interior. |
| f/1 @ 1/15 | Candlelight. |
| Source: Pink Head Bug exposure guide |
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