On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Breukel, C. (HKG) wrote: > Very brief : place a 21 steps Stouffer step wedge on top of your test =3D > film in a 4*5 holder, aim camera at a uniformly lit surface, measure =3D > (for Zone V), add 5 stops (so a Zone X exposure), and look if step 19 =3D > gives you a just above max black on your printing paper (or if you have = =3D > a densitometer a density of 0.1 ). This will give your personal speed. = =3D > Than look were Zone VIII lands for determining your development time. If your lens has no light falloff over the length of the wedge and the shutter/f-stop combo is exactly what it says for each exposure, this would be a neat system. After all, it is nothing more than a simple sensitometer, just a step wedge with a uniform light source. Gr=FC=DFe aus Hohenlohe, =09Martin Jangowski | Martin Jangowski E-Mail: Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxx| | Netzwerke und Multimedia | | Voice: +49 7946/940790 Fax: +49 7946/940791 | | Snail Mail: Von-Olnhausen Str. 4 74626 Bretzfeld Germany | ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.