Photographers under the lunar rainbow in Cook’s Meadow, May 5th
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I am trying to use the Adams zone system in my photography, according the procedure in your book that I have, but I use in the camera, a D300s, “neutral” picture controls settings for not blow up any channel, that means is necessary correct the picture with post processing, because is a little washed .For me that change the zone system effect. My question is which is the complete procedure for using Adams zone system including the camera settings?.
Thanks for commenting Victor. I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying about using neutral picture control settings. As for the “complete procedure for using the zone system,” I describe that as well as I can in words in my Digital Landscape Photography book, which it sounds like you have. I can’t do better than that in one paragraph here!
My camera is a Nikon D300s and has Picture Control Settings that set the sharpening, contrast, saturation and hue, with 4 different levels. The levels are Standard, Neutral, Vivid and Monochrome. I use Neutral, because you avoid blown a color channel, but it is necessary correct the picture with LR, because is washed. Using the Adams zone system is ok, but I think when you use the Light Room, the picture change and no Adams zone is obtained.
Thanks for your answer so fast.
Victor, of course when you process the image in Lightroom or any other program you can change the values. But that’s part of the Zone System too – to have control over contrast. The goal of the Zone System isn’t to get a perfect exposure in the camera, it’s to get a negative, or in our case a digital file, that has the right information to achieve the final result we visualize. As long as you have detail in highlights and shadows in a digital file you can achieve almost any final result you could visualize.
Dear Michael
I am trying to use the Adams zone system in my photography, according the procedure in your book that I have, but I use in the camera, a D300s, “neutral” picture controls settings for not blow up any channel, that means is necessary correct the picture with post processing, because is a little washed .For me that change the zone system effect. My question is which is the complete procedure for using Adams zone system including the camera settings?.
Thanks for commenting Victor. I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying about using neutral picture control settings. As for the “complete procedure for using the zone system,” I describe that as well as I can in words in my Digital Landscape Photography book, which it sounds like you have. I can’t do better than that in one paragraph here!
Dear Michael
My camera is a Nikon D300s and has Picture Control Settings that set the sharpening, contrast, saturation and hue, with 4 different levels. The levels are Standard, Neutral, Vivid and Monochrome. I use Neutral, because you avoid blown a color channel, but it is necessary correct the picture with LR, because is washed. Using the Adams zone system is ok, but I think when you use the Light Room, the picture change and no Adams zone is obtained.
Thanks for your answer so fast.
Regards
Victor, of course when you process the image in Lightroom or any other program you can change the values. But that’s part of the Zone System too – to have control over contrast. The goal of the Zone System isn’t to get a perfect exposure in the camera, it’s to get a negative, or in our case a digital file, that has the right information to achieve the final result we visualize. As long as you have detail in highlights and shadows in a digital file you can achieve almost any final result you could visualize.
Thanks Michael for the clarifications
Regards
VICTOR