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The zone system does not apply to digital. 

To claim that it does is to demonstrate that 

one has only very superficial acquaintance 

with the zone system. 

  

You can, acoarst, take only the exposure 

elements of the zone system and apply that

to digital, but the exposure elements are not 

really the zone system. They are just a quite 

ordinary light metering protocol. The zone 

system is a method of adjusting the dynamic 

range of chemical photography thru varying 

development. Basically, it's sensitometry for 

the math-phobic. 

   

It certainly IS a good thing to be more expert 

at  exposure metering, and also to be aware 

how that relates to the dynamic range of your 

sensor. Some call that "exposing to the right",

or to the left , as need be. And thaz an honest 

description. Calling it the zone system is just 

puffery. Since you can NOT vary the dynamic 

range of a digital sensor, all you CAN do is to 

expose to the left or right , which is just a silly 

way to say "increase" or "decrease" exposure 

relative to an averaged reading. 

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WTF? I have been in all sorts of mountains. I grew up in the mountains. I don't care if YOU see people with grey cards or light meters, that's how you do it.

 

Yes, I know, and I had a grey card with me ... the problem is ... it was cold, windy and an area of snow prone to avalanches. I could _not_ place the grey card even if I wanted too. What can you do? I anticipated that and had a preset ready to go with WB = Cloudy and +0.3 EV, that is what I had to use. Now I work to fix that in PP, which is OK, because I know what I want from the image.

 

Perhaps you have not been in the High Alps? You don't see too many people with Grey Cards and incident light meters     :lol: There is a reason for that ... its not so easy like you think.

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WTF? I have been in all sorts of mountains. I grew up in the mountains. I don't care if YOU see people with grey cards or light meters, that's how you do it.

 

Would you happen to have a link to some of your preferred snow/mountain photo's and be able to describe the process you used in each particular instance, so that we can all learn from your experience?

If so that could be a great benefit to forum members.    :) 

 

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