From: Sam Wang (stwang@CLEMSON.EDU)
Date: 03/12/01-03:17:21 PM Z
At 12:07 PM -0600 3/12/01, sstoney wrote:
>The thing about using a densitometer is, I think in the end it will probably
>save me time and materials, both of which are in short supply for the poor
>person. A lot of people think the zone system stuff is too "techie" and
>interferes with intuition, but it helped me a lot. In fact, I am beginning to
>think that a good understanding of sensitometry in general is pretty crucial
>to getting good prints economically.
I concur. I have found that the understanding of sensitometry, and to
have worked out Phil Davis' testing and analysis (Beyond the Zone
System), I gained valuable freedom to be much more sensitive to the
FEELINGS of tonal renditions. This is in addition to being able to
save time and materials.
>As for making a densitometer out of a spotmeter using the directions in Phil
>Davis' book: can you still use the spotmeter as a spotmeter after you've made
>it into a densitometer?
>
>--shannon
Sure. Just remove it from its densitometer cradle and use it as a spotmeter.
Sam Wang
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