Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well... that's exactly what I was saying. If you understand exposure and development, you automatically understand the underlying basis of the zone system. But you really don't have to think about it, calculate numbers, or any of that. Like Ted says, concentrate on taking the photograph. If you think too long, the decisive moment will be gone. :-) Jim At 11:20 PM 9/26/99 -0500, Eric Welch wrote: > >And the exact same thing can be said about the Zone System. You use the >parts of it that work for your type of photography (35mm). Just because you >don't use the terminology doesn't mean you aren't doing it. ;-) > >At 08:00 PM 9/26/99 -0700, Jim Brick wrote: >>Everything I have just said assumes that you know enough about photography >>to understand how exposure and development work, to be able to know where >>to point your camera meter (or any meter) when photographing something.