Which measuring device should I choose and is banning the test strip a illusion?

[mdarnton]

Toffle, I have never heard this. I started doing this when I was 18, in the 60s, and never thought much about the technical aspect of it: I was working in a very aggressive situation, and that was what worked. I never saw any reason to change, because it worked for me, right up to the time I switched to digital. I guess it was fast, but it never seemed that way to me. I was hired to be one of three people to do a summer lab job, and they found other work for the superfluous two others. I won't tell you the number of prints I was making a day, because you won't believe me.

 

[Steve Smith]

The trick was to look at the highlights (the dark areas) and notice how they were disappearing as I stopped down.

A bit like an extinction lightmeter?


Steve.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

I am using the RHDesign combination of the Stopclock and Zonemaster II with much satisfaction. For run of the mill prints there is no need to make teststrips, for serious printing however it still is necessary. The catch is the time you have to invest in learning how to take readings and the calibration for each paper. Once done it is a big saver of time and paper though. I wouldn't like to miss it.

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