mercredi 12 janvier 2005

The Zone System... part 3 Re-Rate Your Films Photographers who strive to be careful with both exposure and processing techniques but whose negatives do not produce the same print quality seen at good exhibitions or in photographic art books have a fundamental problem. They are probably using an incorrect speed rating for all their films... it's as simple as that. Because one of our aforementioned photographers can create beautifully exposed images of a subject does not mean that the other photographer can make identical ones. He can take the shots but they may not come out the same... taking and making are two very different things. In order to be more like the photographer who takes the best images you, like him, have to deduce a personal exposure index for your film. In fact you have to do this for every film type you use... and if you do this you are well on the way to achieving optimum quality. Update 15 June 2007 : This article has been moved and can now be read on my new expanded web site 20/20 Visions 7:58:52 PM    comment []