Exposure Value Chart
| EV | TYPE OF LIGHTING SITUATION |
| -6 | Night, away from city lights, subject under starlight only. |
| -5 | Night, away from city lights, subject under crescent moon. |
| -4 | Night, away from city lights, subject under half moon. Meteors (during showers, with time exposure). |
| -3 | Night, away from city lights, subject under full moon. |
| -2 | Night, away from city lights, snowscape under full moon. |
| -1 | Subjects lit by dim ambient artificial light. |
| 0 | Subjects lit by dim ambient artificial light. |
| 1 | Distant view of lighted skyline. |
| 2 | Lightning (with time exposure). Total eclipse of moon. |
| 3 | Fireworks (with time exposure). |
| 4 | Candle lit close-ups. Christmas lights, floodlit buildings, fountains, and monuments. Subjects under bright street lamps. |
| 5 | Night home interiors, average light. School or church auditoriums. Subjects lit by campfires or bonfires. |
| 6 | Brightly lit home interiors at night. Fairs, amusement parks. |
| 7 | Bottom of rainforest canopy. Brightly lighted nighttime streets. Indoor sports. Stage shows, circuses. |
| 8 | Las Vegas or Times Square at night. Store windows. Campfires, bonfires, burning buildings. Ice shows, football, baseball etc. at night. Interiors with bright florescent lights. |
| 9 | Landscapes, city skylines 10 minutes after sunset. Neon lights, spotlighted subjects. |
| 10 | Landscapes and skylines immediately after sunset. Crescent moon (long lens). |
| 11 | Sunsets. Subjects in open shade. |
| 12 | Half moon (long lens). Subject in heavy overcast. |
| 13 | Gibbous moon (long lens). Subjects in cloudy-bright light (no shadows). |
| 14 | Full moon (long lens). Subjects in weak, hazy sun. |
| 15 | Subjects in bright or hazy sun (Sunny f/16 rule). |
| 16 | Subjects in bright daylight on sand or snow. |
| 17 | Rarely encountered in nature. Some man made lighting. |
| 18 | Rarely encountered in nature. Some man made lighting. |
| 19 | Rarely encountered in nature. Some man made lighting. |
| 20 | Rarely encountered in nature. Some man made lighting. |
| 21 | Rarely encountered in nature. Some man made lighting. |
| 22 | Extremely bright. Rarely encountered in nature. |
| 23 | Extremely bright. Rarely encountered in nature. |
