[Leica] black cats, metering and zone system

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 3:57 PM -0600 1/23/09, George Lottermoser wrote:
>the simple answer = yes
>using "curves" in Light Room or Photoshop
>will give you a whole lot of control
>
>the caveat = if the information hasn't been captured
>as in "blown highlights"
>
>One of the many reasons to do this test with your digital camera
>is to discover at what high point or low point you will fail to 
>capture useable image data.
>
>At the moment that you've completed the series of exposures
>you will see how useful the test is in the digital realm.
>
>it is, in my opinion, every bit as useful to digital as it is to film;
>however, more akin to the slide film,
>"expose for the highlights and post process for the shadows"
>as aposed to the film negative approach,
>"expose for the shadows and develop for the highlights."




EXACTLY!




>Regards,
>George Lottermoser
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>
>
>
>On Jan 23, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>
>>  On digital I don't know how can you apply the different 
>>developping times, and of course we can't neither apply different 
>>developers, water bath etc.., etc.. as he does.
>>
>>  Is there a way?
>
>
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