However, Ansel would have known that he was not pushing the film but moving zone IV to zone II on the print by under exposing 2 stops and processing n+2.
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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
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