Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> 
> 
> >...He also recommended that I learn the zone system, and once I do, the
> >majority of my questions will have the answers reveal themselves.  ...
> 
> Well ...
> 
> I have the greatest respect for A. Adams and his work, and I found his books
> to be the ones that I related to most when I was learning and doing darkroom
> work.  It may be that I'm just so far down that learning curve that I take
> all his teachings for granted, but I must say I get tired of hearing about
> the "zone system." 

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> At any rate, my point was -- learn the histogram, not the "zone system."

Especially when you put your 21 step data in the "LINEARIZE=" line and built your QTR curve accordingly. What would Ansel have done with 21 zones? ;) ;)