Guide to Exposure from the Zone System to HDR

Guide to Exposure from the Zone System to HDRi

Jonathan Rolfes Photography Jon Rolfes' Guide to Exposure from the Zone System to HDRi


Exposure

What is the Zone System

Exposure and Processing



Understanding & Using Ansel Adam's Zone Systém

Exposing for the Highlights (beta)
Adapting the Zone System to Digital Photography
by Gisle Hannemyr


A Simplified Zone System



Can the Zone System Go Digital? In a word: YES!



An Introduction to the HDR Zone System by Thomas Harrop, M.S.

Zone system – Wikipedie

Composition The Zone System

Composition The Zone System

...The Zone System is an 11-step gradation of reality, from pure black to pure white, and each step equates to one full f-stop...

Alternatively, we can do as Ansel Adams suggests: “Expose for the shadows and develop for the highlights”. It has a significantly greater SBR than the camera can record. Key to this shot are the midtones, so some compromise comes into play. I have retained some shadow and some highlight detail, but not all...

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Understanding Ansel Adam’s Zone System

Understanding & Using Ansel Adam’s Zone System

A Simplified Zone System


The Zone System for Digital Photography

Why should I use the Zone System when the histogram gives me all the information I need?

Perfect Exposure for Digital Photography - The zone System of Metering and Shooting
Tim Cooper

How The Zone System Works