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Terrywoodenpic replied to the thread Zone System.Ilford was the key contractor to the RAF during the war and into the 50s. The were also responsible for training RAF photographers... -
Terrywoodenpic replied to the thread Zone System.Y0 Multi grade papers available in the uk in the 50s were almost unusable, the results were variable in the worst sense. The batch to...
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Terrywoodenpic replied to the thread Zone System.The natural tonality is the one that can be measured from the lit subject itself . It is quite different from what we see, as our eye...
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Terrywoodenpic replied to the thread Zone System.When shooting for myself I never cared what anyone else thought. When shooting professionally I only though about the customers needs...
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Terrywoodenpic replied to the thread Zone System.The key to easily printable image with a full choice of tonalities, is to capture the entire image on the straight line portion of the...
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Terrywoodenpic replied to the thread Zone System.I had Read about the zone system as a school boy between 1948 and 1952 probably in AP or BJP both of which were in the school library...
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As Trypdal implies: one camera, one meter, one film, one developer and one paper. When I started in the 1960s that was all I had and...
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Terrywoodenpic replied to the thread Zone System.Why Ansel Adams used the zone system as long as he did is anyone's guess, as his printing notes from his negatives show levels of...
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Terrywoodenpic replied to the thread Zone System.Distance is used as a weak argument against incident light meters.. the reality is that in daylight, the light falling on a subject is...
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Terrywoodenpic replied to the thread Zone System.That would seem to be expensive, impractical. And over complicating things. But doable , why bother?
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Terrywoodenpic replied to the thread Zone System.to the Personally I would not use the zone system at all. The human eye is too flexible in the way iit sees light. For it to be able...
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Terrywoodenpic replied to the thread Zone System.If you want to peg tones to reality, just use an incident light meter. Works every time. If you want to favour shadows or highlights...
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Terrywoodenpic replied to the thread Rapid Fixer.Absolutely, however that removes the advantage or RAPID. So why not use standard fixer. Dilution tends to be proportional to time...
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Terrywoodenpic replied to the thread Rapid Fixer.You definitely should not over fix with rapid fixer it will start to dissolve the silver image . You will lose shadow detail first.
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Terrywoodenpic replied to the thread Ball Head not tightening.https://harrisoncameras.co.uk/products/dorr-highlights-xb-45-ball-head-380222 This is a 45mm ball version of the same head also made by...
