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p.1 #1 · Zone Book Recommendations

Does anyone have a good recommendation regarding Zone information (i.e. book, etc. )... ideally as it pertains to digital sensor dynamic range limitations & post processing aspects of digital photography?

Nov 03, 2009 at 05:02 AM

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p.1 #2 · Zone Book Recommendations

http://hannemyr.com/photo/zonesystem.html
Adapting the Zone system to digital.

Frankly I think it's somewhat obsolete with digital capture where you can look at your histogram to nail your exposure. Sometimes your scene will have too much contrast, so you'll have to either choose to blow out some highlights, crush some shadows, or take multiple shots and combine them later.

Exposing "to the right" and pulling back the exposure in post (sorta like underdeveloping w/ zone?) is very useful... but it feels like DSLR DR is so limited compared to print film that you don't have as much flexibility to use the zone system.

Nov 03, 2009 at 11:53 PM

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p.1 #3 · Zone Book Recommendations

What good is the Zone System without all the endless experimentation in the darkroom developing film 10 thousand different ways? Nothing like the smell of developer and fixer!

N, N+1, N+2, N-1, N-2...

Pyro rules!

Nov 04, 2009 at 12:16 AM

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p.1 #4 · Zone Book Recommendations

Yes, get that densitometer out! That's how most of us learned the zone system I bet.

Nov 04, 2009 at 12:20 AM

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p.1 #5 · Zone Book Recommendations

Thanks for the link

Nov 04, 2009 at 12:47 AM


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