Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] ZS, BTZS
From: John Brownlow <deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:36:43 +0000

on 27/2/00 11:58 pm, Mike Johnston at michaeljohnston@ameritech.net wrote:

> Hopefully, no one, at least not with their Leicas. The Zone System and
> more sophisticated variants such as BTZS are really only sensible to use
> with sheet film.

I can see what you mean, Mike, but shooting each roll of 35 mm under the
same lighting conditions, which I do whenever possible (even on the street),
makes a version of the ZS entirely practical for a Leica.

You just have to use generic tones rather than specific tones when deciding
where to place your zones.


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