Table of Contents

"Will it Come Out" (An Introduction); Print Quality and Negative Contrast; The Control of Negative Contrast; The Zone; Exposure; Development; An Overview of the Zone System; Zone System Testing: Method 1; Zone System Testing: Method 2; Films, Developers, and Processing; Digital Zone System; Alternative Methods for Extreme Expansion and Contraction Development; Contrast Control with Paper Grades; Developer Dilution; Compensating Developers; Condenser and Diffusion Enlargers; ASA Numbers; Filter Factors, the Reciprocity Effect, and Bellows Extension Factors; Compensation Methods for Inaccurate Meters; Inspection Development; Exposure Record and Checklist for Zone System Testing; Sources for Zone System-Related Products and Books; A Brief Directory of On-Line Photography- Related Resources; Examples; A Primer on Basic Photography; A Brief Glossary of Zone System Terminology; Index

About the Author

Chris Johnson studied photography with Ansel Adams, Wynn Bullock, and Imogen Cunningham. His photographic and video works have been widely exhibited and he has conducted workshops and lectured on the Zone System in the United States and Japan. He is currently a Professor of Photography at the California College of Arts and Crafts and has recently served as Chair of the Cultural Arts Commission for the City of Oakland.
Chris Johnson studied photography with Ansel Adams, Wynn Bullock, and Imogen Cunningham. His photographic and video works have been widely exhibited and he has conducted workshops and lectured on the Zone System in the United States and Japan. He is currently a Professor of Photography at the California College of Arts and Crafts and has recently served as Chair of the Cultural Arts Commission for the City of Oakland.

Reviews

Praise for previous editions:

"The Practical Zone System is one of the easier books to understand on the zone system for better black-and-white photographs... Its takes the complex issues of the zone system and removes the calcualtions and just gives you what you need to know."--The Midwest Book Review

"I have found this new book on the zone system to be one of the best I have seen so far, and as an added bonus, it is even easy to understand. . .” - Apogee Photo Magazine Nov. 2006

Diagrams and illustrations show readers how to previsualize a picture and master the Zone System requirements of contrast control. It explores use of the system in digital photography.-PC Photo, February 2007

The book includes testing methods, test results for 10 major films in Kodak's XTOL developers, an overview of color photography, a listing of Internet resources for professional and fine art photographers, a primer on basic photography, and examples of how commercial photographers use the Zone System in their work.-Studio Photography, February 2007