Digital BW, The Print

on 3/28/02 6:38 PM, Michael Kravit wrote:

> Austin, et. al.
> 
> There are three important scales within the totaal range of exposures that
> can be printed. The full range from black to white is represented by Zones 0
> to X. Within this range lies the dynanic range, representing the first
> useful values above Zone 0 and below Zone X, or Zones I to IX. The range of
> zones which convey definite qualities of texture and the recognition of
> substance is the textural range from Zones II to VII. (1)
> 
> (1) Ansel Adams, The Negative, Little Brown, Nineteenth Printing, 1998.

Nobody ever said Ansel was an engineer...

Todd