I teach student clients about the Adams zone method. However, starting probably with the Nikon F5, the zone method effectively is programmed into the exposure mechanism of the body. I currently use a Nikon kit (Z8/Z9) that I find is better than my D850 (eg, very little back/front focus lens issues as the focus is done on the image sensor) and have added an OM-1 II kit as this is much more transportable. Handheld high resolution imaging with the OM-1 II produces a raw close to Z8/Z9 normal resolution; all of the high resolution modes of the OM-1 II require a stationary subject. As you do use FilmPack, certainly with an A0 enlargement, the grain should be visible if it is an honest rendition of both the film and the paper.
The beauty of the FilmPack emulations is that the grain size and density can be adjusted according to the ânegativeâ size, all the way to LF
Does this mean that using FilmPack, one can adjust the grain and spectral response to be the same as the emulsions (film) that Adams used as though it were a LF (view/technical) camera? With perspective control activated in PL, does this also accomplish the equivalent of a TS lens (moving both the lens board and the film holder as in a LF camera)? Adamsâ photography kit
If Ansel Adams used any of the films included in the FilmPack emulations, yes. I use Fuji Acros 100 film in my LF camera and the FilmPack emulation for my digital B&W work.
Almost, sort of, with limitations. You canât control selective focus caused by tilt or swing for example.
Hereâs an image which needed perspective corrections for architectural useâŠ
⊠and here I use them to give the âlooming rockâ effect, which was a fashion for some landscape photographersâŠ
Nice pictures, when i see the tomato I had to think of Edward Weston.
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@Joanna Just swinging by to say these are amazing. I love the landscapes
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