Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Grey Zone
From: Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 21:39:51 -0800
 
>It seems like an unnecessary complication.  Why not just pick the
>brightest part
>of the photo in which you want to see detail, and the darkest part, and make
>sure they are no more than five stops apart?  If they are more than five stops
>apart, you have to decide which end to sacrifice.  Simple.  Why bother with
>zones?
>
>  -- Anthony

since zones and stops are equivalent, the minute you say 'the brightest and
darkest important details are no more than 5 stops apart' you are already
thinking in zone system terms.

guy