The Archive · 1941

Snapshot Guild

Oddly enough, pictures in the snow and pictures on the beach are very much alike—as far as the camera is concerned. Exposures, shadows, g effecis—all are similar, Snow reflects a—tremendous amount of light when broad sun is ud so. exposure for lay shot is best cut ed to the norma] summer exposure, Thus, if 1/25 second at £/11 is considered normal, then 1/25 at f/16 is correct for an average sunny snow scene, and even less for broad views of distant snowfelds,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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