AnalogPhotographyFormulas

Exposure Values

EV Context
-7 Black night
-6 Night, no light except stars
-5 Night, no light with little moon
-4 Night, no light with half moon
-3 Night, no light with full moon
-2 Night, no light with little moon with snow
-1 Ambient artificial light very weak
0 Ambient low ambient light
1 Sunset very late
2 Eclairs or during a total eclipse
3 Fireworks
4 Candle, Christmas lights, Buildings and monuments at night. Urban lighting
5 Night interior, middle light, audience, campfire
6 Interior, clear light, funfair
7 Sports hall, very dense forest, theater scene
8 Las Vegas by night, Store Displays, Interiors, Fluorescent Lighting
9 Landscape 10 Minutes After Sunset, Neon Lights, Spot Lamps
10 Landscape just after sunset
11 Sunset, Subject in the shade on a sunny day
12 Subject in the shadow, cloudy
13 Clear weather without shadows
14 Subject to the sun but not too strong
15 Subject in full sun
16 Subject in full sun with sand or snow
17 Extreme artificial lighting
18 Even more extreme artificial lighting