Conclusion

Herein endeth the journey into the Digital Zone System—in this book, that is. For me, it has been a four-year process of researching, experimenting, refining, and writing. Your own journey and experimentation with the DZS is just beginning. Will it be for everyone? No. Will it be used on every image? No. What I’ve tried to do in these pages is present a methodology for editing that can be useful in optimizing images for both digital display and print. I think the results are clear and that the approach does have merit and can be beneficial. I’m confident that this approach will create some controversy, just as the original Zone System, ETTR, HDR, and many other constructs of photography did. That’s alright. We don’t all have to agree. ...

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