Re: [OM] Sunny 16?

[Clyde Soles]

John Hudson wrote:

>OK older whippersnappers.  Wasn't there a Scheiner [sp?] rating system at
>one time before DIN and ASA were invented?

Hmmm, haven't heard that one but I'm not *that* old. However I do vaguely
recall that BDE (basic daylight exposure, aka sunny 16) was originally
calibrated for green grass and caucasian skin at a specific latitude and
altitude...I think they used pre-smog Wash DC.

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