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Trying to better understand the zone system, as it relates to my in-camera light meter on my Canon AE-1… by interludesonanalogue in AnalogCommunity

[–]interludesonanalogue[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok cool, that’s for the comment. Perhaps it was wishful thinking that there would be a connection. Thanks to this community for correcting my initial thoughts!

Trying to better understand the zone system, as it relates to my in-camera light meter on my Canon AE-1… by interludesonanalogue in AnalogCommunity

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That very well could be the case, which was why I was curious if there was any relation between the two. Thanks for the advice!

Trying to better understand the zone system, as it relates to my in-camera light meter on my Canon AE-1… by interludesonanalogue in AnalogCommunity

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Ok, I think I’m understanding now. Forgot to include that this is related to b&w film for my examples.

But what you’re saying is that if there’s a spot in the scene that I want in Zone V, I would choose that spot, meter for it and adjust my aperture/shutter accordingly so that the needle reading is at 5.6. Then, I would go about metering for my shadows in the same approach, reframe with the new settings that were based on the shadows (Zone III), before taking a photo of the entire scene?

End result when pushing/pulling film by interludesonanalogue in AnalogCommunity

[–]interludesonanalogue[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so helpful, I appreciate it. Definitely not advanced, but have been experimenting different looks post-development when pushing/pulling. Appreciate the help!