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BEYOND THE ZONE SYSTEM
Beyond the Zone System
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Fourth Edition

By
Phil Davis, Phil Davis is Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of Michigan. His work has appeared regularly in most majot magazines and many national newspapers. He is the author of numerous publications on photography, and has contributed several inventions and innovations to the field. His work is represented in numerous public and private collections, including the Detroit Art Institute Museum, the Chicago Art Institute Museim, hte International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

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.

Audience
photographers, students of photography

Contents
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

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 220 pages, publication date: NOV-1998
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-80343-2
ISBN-10: 0-240-80343-4
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS

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