Digital BW, The Print

Hallo,

Some points here by Norman Koren - also some links!

http://www.normankoren.com/zonesystem.html

This shows how hard it is to translate the Zone System, also taking 
care of colours?? But a start I think.

"If You can't manage with B/W - try colour!" (A.A ?????)
Regards
Bo Wrangborg

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley" 
<mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> Surely someone has written book on this but perhaps not and you 
have an
> opportunity. Some thoughts to start with.
> 
> A negative exposed and developed for darkroom printing will 
probably be very
> usable in a digital process.
> 
> In conventional photography you are mapping real world light levels 
to film
> densities to paper densities. In a digital workflow you are mapping 
real
> world light levels to film densities to  Or with direct digital 
capture,
> real world light levels to numerical values in a file to print 
densities.
> 
> Scanners seem to be amazing at pulling usable detail off of 
unbelievably
> thin negs and rather poor at punching through dense highlights. This
> suggests that the ideal negative for scanning may be in the 
direction of N-1
> or N-0.5 development with a bit more exposure.
> 
> You need to calibrate your system to find out what is the maximum 
film
> density the scanner can read through to set Zone VIII and then 
minimum
> density where it can render acceptable detail for Zone II or III. 
In terms
> of your digital file these would then be at values of 99% and 1%
> respectively so that you still have some slack.
> 
> Given a perfect neg and a perfect scan with a good printer profile 
the print
> should be a snap. Right?<G>
> 
> Martin Wesley
> 
> http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "steve1t" <stephentucker@h...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...>
> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 7:07 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Scanned negatives and the Zone System
> 
> 
> I've decided to dig out the old 4x5 Benderview and try
> b&w film > scan > inkjet output.  However, I immediately
> hit a snag.  How do I calibrate "personal film speed",
> "standard print time", and "N, N+1, N-1, development"
> for a negative to be scanned for digital output?  BTW, my
> personal preferences are Ilford FP4+ developed in D-76,
> D-76 1:1, or D-23.
> 
> My initial questions/thoughts are:
> 
> A - How can I carry out Zone system calibration digitally?  Or .
> . .
> 
> B - Should I carry out all negative and proofing procedures
> normally in the "wet" darkroom and then scan the resulting
> negatives for digital output?  Or . . .
> 
> C - Do a classic "ring-a-round" for various lighting
> conditions
> and analyze the histograms for the best digital output?
> 
> Option "C" sounds intriguing, has anybody tried this?  ALL
> opinions on these or other options are most welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve T.
> 
> 
> 
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