Digital BW, The Print

Mike,

I agree with you and Ansel. The ideas he states here are critical in making
your zone placements to capture the tonal and textural range of a scene.
Although my own experience has made me place the textural limits at Zones
III and VII. I seem to preserve more detail this way. Perhaps digital offers
the possibility to expand that range in information scanned from negatives
and in direct capture.

Martin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Kravit" <michael.kravit@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Dynamic Range


> The entire discussion on Dynamic Range has been very interesting and
> enjoyable. I though that I would add the following onto the table;
>
> In the Ansel Adams book "The Negative", Page 52, the author states "There
> are three important scales within the total range of exposures that can be
> printed.  The full range from black to white is represented by Zones 0 to
X.
> Within this lies the dynamic range, representing the first useful values
> above Zone 0 and Below Zone X, or Zones I to IX. The range of zones whuch
> convey definite qualities of texture and the recognition of substance is
the
> textural range, from Zones II to VIII."
>
> Mike
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