Or, to paraphrase, spot-meter on the skin tone, then apply perhaps minus one stop or so of exposure compensation?
I don't see where this requires knowledge of any Zone system ... Paul Stenquist mused: > > The Ansel rules for that combo would be to place the Indian skin at > zone four or five, depending on how dark you wanted it to appear. You > would then ignore everything else in the image and expose for that > value. It's really quite simple. > Paul > On Oct 22, 2004, at 8:16 PM, Caveman wrote: > > > Yeah sure. Last time I went through B&W stuff it was APX 400 pushed to > > 1600, lighting 1 table lamp, subject indian complexion skin. What are > > the Ansel rules for this combo ? > > > > William Robb wrote: > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caveman" > >> Subject: Re: Proper Exposure ( wasRe: Ricky's Kung Fu Pose) > >>> I also suspect that there are about 36 frames on Frank's films all > >>> with different subjects and light conditions. > >>> > >>> So would you guys please refrain from over recommending this Ansel > >>> thing. It was good for what it was designed for i.e. tuning > >>> individual sheets of B&W film. > >> The principals of the Zone system can easily be applied to roll film > >> users. Some negs will always fall outside the range of any > >> generalized exposure development strategy, which is the best you can > >> hope for with roll film, but applying a sound scientific methodology > >> (the Zone system, as an example) to exposure and development will > >> yield a higher rate of success than the more common shoot, pray and > >> swear at the lab when it fucks up method. > >> William Robb > > >
