Is there a Ralph Lambrecht in the house?

RalphLambrecht · Jul 19, 2023

Molli said:
Mr. Lambrecht, it's on Page 189 in the second edition you have there.

I believe the Page 114 to which Ulophot refers to be in the first edition.
Looking at it myself, I'm inclined to agree with others that the •5 refers to the halfway point between two zones.

Like others, I'm also happy we have the author with us here to answer questions definitively. We're a pretty spoiled bunch here!
Thank you in retrospect and in advance, Mr. Lambrecht!

that's correct elsewhere in the book one finds he attached table, which explains it somewhat, but I agree with the OP that it is not well explained!

Sirius Glass · Jul 19, 2023

Sirius Glass said:
What if it was meant to be used with a light meter such as the Pentax Digital Spot Meter which uses '•' as third stops. Example: 5.6 • • 8

RalphLambrecht said:
that's correct elsewhere in the book one finds he attached table, which explains it somewhat, but I agree with the OP that it is not well explained!

Gee, I was right even though others insisted that it had to be half stops only. I get it that there are still half stop bigots in the world today. Why can't half stop bigots exist along with those whose equipment uses third stops? I have Hasselblads and a Speed Graphic have half stops, and my Nikon AF cameras and Pentax Digitial Spot Meter have third stops, but they all get along and do not fight.

Doremus Scudder · Jul 19, 2023

So, as I'm understanding all this, the following is the case:

V· = Zone V + 1/3 stop
V·· = Zone V + 2/3 stop
V·5 = Zone V + 1/2 stop

Does that seem correct to the rest of you? Ralph Lambrecht?

Best,

Doremus

BrianShaw · Jul 19, 2023

That seems to be what Ralph is saying. The level of fidelity is way to fine for me to understand, though.

What I find interesting is that the book has been on the streets and well-touted for a long time, yet this is the first time this quesiton appears to have been asked. Similar thing happened to me with a technical publication and , boy, what a shock it was to realize that nobody noticed for years. Editing, proof-reading, and publication of technical materials is difficult even under the best of circumstances!

Sirius Glass · Jul 19, 2023

BrianShaw said:
That seems to be what Ralph is saying. The level of fidelity is way to fine for me to understand, though.

What I find interesting is that the book has been on the streets and well-touted for a long time, yet this is the first time this quesiton appears to have been asked. Similar thing happened to me with a technical publication and , boy, what a shock it was to realize that nobody noticed for years. Editing, proof-reading, and publication of technical materials is difficult even under the best of circumstances!

Me too! Either no one has read the book or many of us, including me, read it and interpreted it as each wanted without question. My assumption was in alignment with @Doremus Scudder posted in #28.

L Gebhardt · Jul 19, 2023

Page 212 with fig.1c in the second edition shows Zone I.5 is definitely between zones I & II

Ulophot · Jul 19, 2023

Thank you, Ralph and others. Glad I asked, and good to know for next time I lay my hands on one or the other edition of the book.

My spot meter reads in thirds; my LunaPro-F in tenths. My work is now all B&W film and mostly natural light, and, while I sometimes scoot the aperture setting a bit one way or the other for touches of bellows factor, I'm not certain that anything finer than a half-stop would be the cause of transforming my own work from towering genius into mediocrity -- or vice versa. I'm a bit challenged on the towering end...

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