[Leica] re: Exposure and Development;-- Digital Zone System

[glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer)]

LUGers,

How 'bout someone proposing a new belief system called "Zone 
System-Digital" ?

Lottermoser George wrote:
> The point I wished to make in starting this thread:
> Fine photographic technique requires that the photographer 'know' 
> where s/he wants shadows and highlights fall on the negative, 
> transparency and/or chip. This requires knowledge of how to control 
> the shadows and highlights through the use of exposure and development 
> of the material, whether chemical or digital.
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> If Mark controls this by concentrating on perfect highlight placement 
> for his process without concern for the shadows - that's fine - that's 
> his technique and apparently he achieves the results he desires.
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> I, as others, prefer, when using black and white film, to control 
> shadows through exposure and highlights through development; unless 
> the subject demands a different approach.
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> What we want to avoid is over or under exposure and over or under 
> development - implying errors - rather than fine technique.
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