Hence "generally". Zone system proponents tend to be fine artists who are landscape photographers etc and the generalisation I think is true. Though my teacher would sometimes place (print) a zone-as the prominent position in the print at the exclusion of other zones. Marvin. From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis Purdy Sent: 19 February 2010 05:50 To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Plus X -PX 125- and Microdol X discontinued Alan On Feb 18, 2010, at 13:43, Marvin wrote: Zone system photographers understand the limitations of the system, the idea is generally to translate as much of the textural scene viewed in the camera, to information(range of greys) in the print. Actually the point is that you can be creative in how a print is rendered whether it is showing more information or less. Dennis