Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Slide film, shoot for the highlights and let the shadows fall where they may. -------------------------------------------------- From: "George Lottermoser" <george.imagist at icloud.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 2:54 PM To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] Comparing B&W M9/MM > > 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 > > >