Digital BW, The Print

Hi Austin,

So far as what the Zone system is or is not we will have to agree to disagree. I will, however, restate that different is not the same....

Certainly having a stable of backs for a Hassy would give you the ability to have an N+1, N+2 back etc. How do you do that with your Contax or Leica :-)

Your description of expansion and contraction are valid, however, the thing that generally requires one to use them is less than optimal lighting of a scene and the result may not produce a negative that is a keeper. I generally found that after proofing I ended up discarding a large percentage of the negatives since they were not worth the time, effort and expense to try and  produce a fine print.  

You, obviously, understand the need for consistancy. However, there are more than a few photographers that are constantly changing film, developer, etc etc in a forlorn search for perfection rather than mastering one or two combinations. 

Different problems require different solutions. The B&W film and developers I used for artsy stuff was very different from what I used for photomicrography. For art I used tri-x, for photomicrography I used techpan. But I knew what each was capable of. 

There is still enough of the professor in me that I enjoy a good argument. Fun discussion.

Roger
 

 -----Original Message-----
From: Austin Franklin [mailto:darkroom@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:12 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Zone System, was: Film for scanning was Re: The State of PersonalScanner Technology







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