Beyond the zone system - Hardcover

Davis, Phil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0930764234 ISBN 13: 9780930764234

Publisher: Curtin & London, 1981

Synopsis

* Almost 200 illustrations and graphs depicting important concepts * Appendix contains numerous important formulae * Instructions for specialized developing tubes * Directions for creating a unique spot meter unit, an inexpensive substitute for an expensive densitometer


This book demonstrates a uniquely economical, efficient and accurate testing procedure based on sensitometric principles. It shows how test data can be used in several exposure development control systems. This book goes beyond trial and error and provides a thorough explanation of photographic material characteristics. Phil Davis is a retired professor and professional photographer. He has written two other books and has exhibited his photographs in numerous institutional and private
collections. He lives in Whitmore Lake, MI.

About this title

From the Publisher

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.

From the Back Cover

This fourth edition of Beyond the Zone System makes the science of photographic sensitometry both accessible and useful to interested photographers. It 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Curtin & London
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0930764234
• ISBN 13: 9780930764234
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated
• Number of pages: 186