ABSTRACT
The ability to visualize a scene, and later accurately expose and develop the negative accordingly, is one of the great benefits of the Zone System. Being able to direct any subject brightness to a desired print zone on the final print gives great confidence and enables the photographer to combine creativity with predictable technical excellence. However, visualization of the final print zone densities takes practice. Many disappointing prints are the result of underestimating how dark Zone VII really is, or realizing the sobering fact that Zone III does not always reveal as much detail as anticipated.
