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The Practical Zone System, Third Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Chris Johnson
Brand: Focal Press
Category: Book
List Price: $41.95
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 746732
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Pages: 208
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7 x 0.5
MPN: F436
ISBN: 0240803280
Dewey Decimal Number: 771
EAN: 9780240803289
ASIN: 0240803280
Publication Date: December 1998
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Condition: Paperback. WRITING/NOTATIONS seen THROUGHOUT the book. Moderate cover wear. Still a very usable, acceptable copy from a most-trusted seller. All orders are carefully packaged and shipped within 24 hours with delivery confirmation and email notification of shipment. Thank you
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Product Description
This newly revised edition of a photography classic demonstrates what the Zone System is and how it works. It teaches you how to recognize the zones both on the print and in real life, how to previsualize your photograph and expose accordingly, how to assess your prints and negatives for contrast and how to test equipment and chemicals for reliable results. 192 pp., 150 b&w illustrations, 7 x 10 , Softbound.
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 Easy to understand summary of Zone System April 26, 2008
. (San Francisco, CA)
This book is a clear and well organized review of the Zone System. It includes the Zone System for both traditional film and for digital. The system means properly exposing for certain levels of gray that may appear in your frame. For film, a person may want to properly capture the dark tones in a photograph, and then shorten or lengthen the development time (time the unexposed film spends in chemical developing) in order to achieve the level of brighter tones in the photo. For digital, it's the oppposite. Properly expose the frame for the brighter tones (so they are not blown out), then adjust the dark shades in Photoshop. I liked the book. Just after I read it, I saw Annie Leibovitz's exhibition "A Photographer's Life", and the book gave me a much greater appreciation for her work.
 At last.... December 21, 2007
Arthur D. Miller
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I wish I had this book 30 years ago. I knew of the Zone system, but heard people talking of measuring densities and base fog and it sounded like a lot of effort. Chris is that rare teacher who can take a subject and make it accessable to all levels. I tell all my photographic friends- GET THIS BOOK. I have given it as a present. My copy is getting dog earred already. This is not just for film. He relates this to the digital world as well. If you aspire to move beyond PHD-(push here dummy) photography, this is essential reading.
 Good Text, Crappy Illustrations October 30, 2006
Bruce Appelbaum (Yorktown Heights, NY USA)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
This book is the current bible of the zone system. Everything you want and need to know about it for both film and digital.
But Focal Press once again comes through with crappy illustrations. The key to the zone system is being able to discriminate tones. The copy of the book I received has such muddy printing that it is impossible to see any difference between zones 0 to II and VIII and IX on the step diagrams provided. The black and white photos used for examples are equally muddy, making it difficult to follow the discussion in the text.
Text gets 5 stars, production gets 1, average = 3
Ansel Adam's zone system to-day October 6, 2005
Serious photographer (New Zealand)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The zone system was developed by Ansel Adams, who had a consummate grasp of all the technicalities of photography and used his knowledge to depict the wilderness areas he loved and wanted to preserve. However, most serious photographers do not have that technical expertise and do not work with the equipment used by Adams. This book is an excellent account by a current teacher of photography who makes the system understandable and useable in the modern context. It gave me a clear understanding of the way in which to control exposure. Having said that, I have used a different set of recommendations in carrying out black and white film tests, as I found those in the book over-complicated; nevertheless, the book gave me the essential understanding that was crucial to carrying out the film tests correctly and understanding the results.
Best intro to Zone System I've seen February 8, 2002
D. Gould (East Coast, USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Absolutly easy to understand and read. Very well presented, and may well be the only book on Zone System you will ever need. For those wanting to delve into the chemistry of exposure, pass on this book. If you want to learn what the Zone system is and how it works, this book is great. "Everything you need, nothin' you don't"
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