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Jorge Gasteazoro |
17:47 20 Feb 03 |
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Phil |
18:28 20 Feb 03 |
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Jorge Gasteazoro |
20:22 20 Feb 03 |
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David Mark |
9:52 22 Jan 03 |
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Jorge Gasteazoro |
0:04 2 Mar 03 |
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clay |
15:05 21 Jan 03 |
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Phil |
8:00 22 Jan 03 |
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Jorge Gasteazoro |
17:50 20 Feb 03 |
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David Mark |
8:43 14 Jan 03 |
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Re: Minimum printing exposure and BTZS |
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10:38 14 Jan 03 |
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The MPE serves in the Zone System as a sort of rudimentary densitometer that standardizes procedure enough to make zone gray comparisons more or less meaningful. It has no purpose in BTZS; although it's nice to have negatives that print at a more or less consistent exposure I think it's more important to print for best image quality rather than worrying about the actual exposure time.
No, I wouldn't consider the MPE a useful test of negative quality. It's harmless enough as a rough check, but I wouldn't consider a negative that failed that test a total failure if it produced a fine print.
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