Equivalent Exposure & the Exposure Triangle
- Evan Clayton
- Sep 25, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Oct 25, 2023
The 3 camera settings that comprise the Exposure Triangle are __aperture______, __shutter______ & ___ISO_______.
On the back monitor of our Nikon D3400 cameras, the aperture setting is displayed by __F-stop________ circle (1st, 2nd or 3rd from the left). Apertures (from smallest openings to largest openings) are typically numbers f11,f8,f5.6,f4,f2.8, f1.4
The shutter speed settings are shown on the _the camera's dial_______circle (1st, 2nd or 3rd from the left) on the back monitor. Expressed as fraction of a second, the shortest or highest shutter speed on our cameras are 1/_4000______ seconds and the longest or slowest shutter speed is _30____ seconds.
The third setting ISO controls the camera’s sensitivity to light This setting goes from 100 to __12800___ (max) on our cameras.
To set the ISO on our cameras, we hold down the F N button an rotate the Command Dial Set the iso to 400. Then set the aperture to f5.6, by holding down the #4 button on the top of the camera and rotating the Command dial.
Insert the BEST spinning picture you just took with this guided blog post. Underneath the pictures, caption each with the exposure settings used for each picture.

Also include the BEST high shutter speed photo which you took of water splashing. In the caption, include the ISO, shutter speed and the aperture.





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