Night Exposure Guide

Perhaps the trickiest time to take pictures is at night. A typical night-time scene contains dazzling highlights in a sea of darkness, providing the perfect ingredients to confuse your camera's metering system. Metering tends to be something of a lottery as any indicated exposures may also need to be increased due to Reciprocity Law Failure.

To give a rough idea of the exposures you should expect, refer to the guide below and bracket your exposures.