Book description
This fourth edition of Beyond the Zone System makes the science of photographic sensitometry both accessible and useful to interested photographers. It will appeal to any serious photographer interested in knowing how the materials and processes of black-and-white photography work. Instead of describing rote procedures to be followed blindly, this book provides the basis for understanding what needs to be done and why. This book relates theory to practice in a way that promotes a true partnership of science and art.Beyond the Zone System bridges the gap between the more theoretical aspects of the photographic process and the popular empirical procedures used by many photographers in the attempt to predict and control the quality of their photographs in practice.
This book is intended primarily for photographers who use large-format cameras and black-and-white sheet film, but the basic information about how the B&W photographic materials and processes work will be useful to users of any B&W film format.
Beyond the Zone System, 4th ed. will appeal to any serious photographer interested in knowing how the materials and processes of black-and-white photography work. Instead of describing rote procedures to be followed blindly, this book provides the basis for understanding what needs to be done and why. This book relates theory to practice in a way that promotes a true partnership of science and art.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- CHAPTER 1 Why Sensitometry?
- CHAPTER 2 Learning the Language
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CHAPTER 3 How to Read and Interpret Characteristic Curves
- Some Terms Defined
- The Anatomy of a Characteristic Curve
- Film Image Formation
- Curve Gradient Measurements: Gamma (γ)
- Curve Gradient vs. Developing Time
- Film Speeds
- How Development Affects Film Speed
- How Film Speeds Are Determined
- The Paper Curve
- Standards for Calibrating Paper Curves
- The Useful Limits of the Paper Curve
- Review: The Tone Reproduction Cycle
- CHAPTER 4 From Theory to Practice
- CHAPTER 5 The Densitometer Dilemma
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CHAPTER 6 Testing Your Materials
- Testing Paper: Preparation
- The Callier Quotient
- Contact-Printing Test Procedure
- Calculating the Test Exposure Time
- Projection Testing
- Projection Test Procedure
- Testing Film
- Determining the Film Test Exposure
- Developing the Test Films: Preparation
- Tray Development of Sheet Film
- Tube Development of Sheet Film
- Testing Roll Film
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CHAPTER 7 Interpreting the Curves for Working Data
- Drawing and Analyzing Paper Curves
- Drawing Film Curves
- Troubleshooting the Film Test
- Calibrating Film Curves
- Locating the Speed Points
- Analyzing Film Curves
- Review of Analysis Systems
- Review of Zones and Stops
- Extracting Zone System Data from the Curves
- Extracting Incident System Data from the Curves
- Alternative Data
- CHAPTER 8 Getting to Know Your Meter
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CHAPTER 9 Exposure/Development Control Systems
- The Zone System
- The Concept of Zones
- Metering and Zone Placement
- The N-Numbers
- Traditional Test Methods
- Using the Working Charts: An Example
- An Alternative: The Incident Meter
- Determining the SBR with an Incident Meter
- Metering for the Incident System
- Appraising Results Without a Densitometer
- Common Mistakes
- Incident Metering of Unusual Subjects
- Creative Incident Metering
- CHAPTER 10 Image Gradation
- CHAPTER 11 The Systems Beyond
- CHAPTER 12 Fine Tuning
- APPENDIX 1 Useful Equations
- APPENDIX 2 Densitometer Design and Construction
- APPENDIX 3 Film Developing Tube
- APPENDIX 4 Practice Materials
- APPENDIX 5 The PowerDial
- Glossary
- Answers to Chapter 2 Exercises
- Index
Product information
- Title: Beyond the Zone System, 4th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 1998
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781136092930
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