[Leica] New Picture Place --- ZONE SYSTEM? ;-)

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

JEEESE ! Don't you guys get onto the zone system because there's only one 
zone I know anything about.

That's the De-militarized Zone in Korea! :-) Like don't go there! :-)
cheers,
Dr. ted :-)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] New Picture Place


> The very first thing I say to somebody asking me about the zone system who
> doesn't know is zone V equals middle gray. Certainly a start off or null
> point. Think of the V as the exposure needle aiming at the middle or at 
> any
> rate delivering to you middle gray no matter WHAT you point it at. That 
> made
> it easy to remember for me. Zone VI or IV is a stop lighter or darker than
> that. Onward to infinity. Buy me an espresso and I'll explain the zone
> system in ten minutes. About a minute a zone.
>
> --------------------
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photography
> mark at rabinergroup.com