Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 29, 2014, at 2:50 AM, John McMaster wrote: > You are correct Lluis, over 16 years since I last developed a B&W film! > Zone system all the way, spotmeter, exposure tests for base density then > development tests for highlights all measured on a densitometer - how > quickly I forgot :-( > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > > John, > > Are you sure of this? "expose for the highlights and develop for the > shadows just like film..", what I remember is expose for the shadows and > develop for the highlights., at least in the Ansel Adams book "The > Negative"... > > Cheers > Lluis +1 'twas the chromes we needed to "expose for the highlights." Remains the same for digital - blown highlights = unrecoverable. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist