Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No, there are not ten or eleven zones. Zones are just a description of a certain specific range of tones. Go back and read the Zone system again. It's not an absolute process. Especially read something by Ansel's assistant John Sexton. With his special processing techniques, such as using TMax developer 1:9 or 1:15 and very long processing times, he can get way more range of light intensity on film in printable densities. In one power plant he has a photo that shows a beautiful range of tones and the highlights are so under control you can actually the the form if the filament in the light bulbs. That's way more than the traditional 12 zones that most Zone System Practitioners will allow for. It's not voodoo, it's sensitometry. On Dec 5, 2003, at 5:54 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > There are ten stops or "zones" in the zone system. Eleven if you count > zone 0 which is film base fog and exists only in the neg not in the > print. (Big deal) > So I'm curious where they pulled they extra 4 stops out of!?! Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.jphotog.com "There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengeance, never a hostage, nor a mortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences." - -- Frank Herbert - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html