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Subject: [Leica] thinking Zone System/I've been lucky
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:35:31 -0600
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actual experience
with the art of development by inspection
qualifies as (non tech) zone system.

If and when I did not use the tested zone system method

I always used the green light
to ensure that I had what I expected
without ghastly surprises
when the white light came on.

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist





On Nov 10, 2010, at 12:13 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote:

>  guess I've only "felt" the zone system, being a self-taught, "seat of the 
> pants" photographer.  I never calibrated a film/developer combination; 
> just used the general theory loosely, metering with an incident meter and 
> developing by inspection.  Maybe I'm closer to Dr. Ted in philosophy and 
> practice. Haven't ever calibrated a monitor either.  ;~)



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