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19 October, 2025

Assignment of Exposures using Ansel Adams’ Zone System

By Cristian Ionescu

19 October, 2025

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Marco Andrés on Assignment of Exposures using Ansel Adams’ Zone System
Excellent discussion of the Zone System When encountering the Zone System years ago, formed the opinion that it was unnecessarily…
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