Digital BW, The Print

Zone Good: Soft enveloping light, light overcast.  Expose and develop normally.

Zone Bad: Dark, overcast, maybe a little drizzle.  Use a higher EI and add about 20% or so to development.

Zone Ugly: Sun, no clouds.  Use a lower EI and reduce development about 20% or more.

Zone Butt-ugly: Bright sun, squinting.  Go see a movie.

(not original with me, but I don't know to whom to attribute)

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Austin Franklin 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 5:46 PM
  Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Film for scanning was Re: The State of PersonalScanner Technology


  Hi Roger,

  Why do you believe there aren't?  I always shoot using "the Zone System"
  (which means different things to different people) and compensation
  development (if it's needed)...but I specifically cram all the tonality from
  the scene into the film as best I can!

  Austin


  >
  > Ain't there any zonies left out there? I was taught to set the
  > asa (for use in an individual camera) of a B&W film to the value
  > that produces a densitiy of 0.08 to 0.1 above film base & fog.
  > Then to set the development time to that which will produce a
  > zone VIII print value from a zone VIII placement. This approach
  > usually produces very printable negatives except when conditions
  > require N+ or N- development (not too common an occurence in my
  > limited experience).
  >
  > Roger
  >
  >
  >  -----Original Message-----
  > From: Austin Franklin [mailto:darkroom@...]
  > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 1:25 PM
  > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  > Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Film for scanning was Re: The State of
  > PersonalScanner Technology
  >
  >
  >   > > I shoot using a camera ;-), for 35mm, typically a Contax RTS
  >   > III or a Leica
  >   > > M6...and appropriate Zeiss or Leica lense...  I develop in
  > D-76 1:1 in a
  >   > > Jobo ATL-1500.  I have been ecstatic with D-76 1:1 for low
  > grain noise.
  >   >
  >   > Thanks, D-76 1:1 has been what I've been getting good results
  >   > with using the
  >   > Delta 400.  Do you shoot the Delta 100 at 100...or lower?
  > How about cook
  >   > time...do you pull it out early for scanning?
  >
  >   Hi Robert,
  >
  >   I typically rate film for it's rating, so 100 at 100, 400 at 400...and
  >   adjust my developing times so I get exactly what I want.
  >
  >   I don't know if I pull it out early or not, as I experiment to
  > get my own
  >   times.  I process at 75, and for Delta 100, I develop for 8 minutes D-76
  >   1:1.
  >
  >   Regards,
  >
  >   Austin


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