232 Pages
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Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
Why Sensitometry?; Learning the Language; How To Read and Interpret Characteristic Curves; From Theory To Practice; The Densitometer Dilemma; Testing Your Materials; Interpreting Curves for Working Data; Getting To Know Your Meter; Exposure/Development Control Systems; The Systems Beyond; Image Gradation; Fine Tuning; Appendix 1: Useful Formulas; Appendix 2: Densitometer Design and Construction; Appendix 3: Sheet Film Developing Tube, Appendix 4: Film Curve Calibration Tools; Glossary; Index
Biography
Phil Davis
"A really wonderful, easy to understand breakdown of the zone system for beginning photographers."
-Ruth Adams, University of Kentucky
