Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>What do members of the list think of zone system? Jose Luis Gonzalez The Zone System was never intended for roll film. The basis of the system is the adjustment of development relative to assigned tonal values determined at the time of exposure. This would work if the entire roll is of the same subject and metered for the same values. Conceptually, you can assign a value, zone V for instance to a mid tone and meter for that tone in the picture, but you cannot (obviously) make the development changes for each of your exposures. The system clearly works but cannot be applied in a strict fashion to multi exposure/multi subject work. ben.holmes