What is the absolute worst piece of advice aboutLarge Format you have ever gotten, read or over heard? in Large Format Posted April 16, 2002 I also read the Merklinger articles, and they are a nice explanation of why things work, but I still just eyeball the glass. It's faster and easier. I don't care how big angle J is. My bigger problem is with Zone System "gurus" who go into excruciating detail without telling you anything. For instance they may say "decrease the f- stop" but never say if you are to use a smaller aperture (higher f- number), or use a smaller f-number (wider aperture). Then to compound their crime, when you do the math, the effective EI always seems to go *down*, no matter if they are talking about N+2 or N-2 (or whatever). I'm not dumb. I understand that pushing film increases contrast, pulling film decreases contrast. So why all the double-talk?? Of course many are just trying to hook you into buying their latest book (probably more double-talk).
What is the absolute worst piece of advice aboutLarge Format you have ever gotten, read or over heard?
in Large Format
Posted
I also read the Merklinger articles, and they are a nice explanation
of why things work, but I still just eyeball the glass. It's faster
and easier. I don't care how big angle J is. My bigger problem is
with Zone System "gurus" who go into excruciating detail without
telling you anything. For instance they may say "decrease the f-
stop" but never say if you are to use a smaller aperture (higher f-
number), or use a smaller f-number (wider aperture). Then to
compound their crime, when you do the math, the effective EI always
seems to go *down*, no matter if they are talking about N+2 or N-2
(or whatever). I'm not dumb. I understand that pushing film
increases contrast, pulling film decreases contrast. So why all the
double-talk?? Of course many are just trying to hook you into buying
their latest book (probably more double-talk).