Zone
System
Exposure
and
Development
Log





 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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A
STEP‐BY‐STEP
GUIDE



Camera:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Date:

Film
type
and
ISO:
 
 
 
 
 
 Location:

EI:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Other
info:





Shadow
Reading:


f:_____
 SS:_____
Step
1:
Typically
your
desired
Zone
III



Highlight
Reading:
f:_____
 SS:_____
Step
2:
Typically
your
desired
Zone
VII









Spread:


_____
stops
(from
shadow
to
highlight)
Step
3:
Differences
in
stops



 
 
 
 
 
 
 

between
Steps
1
and
2






Exposure:
f:_____


 SS:_____

to
place
shadow
in
Zone
_____
Step
4:
Adjusted



 
 
 
 
 
 
 exposure
to
place
shadow



 
 
 
 
 
 
 detail
(usually
Zone
V
>
III,



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 closing
down
2
stops)


 
 
 
 
 









Highlight
falls
in
Zone
_____
Step
5:
Add



 
 
 Spread
(Step
3)
to
Step
4



Adjusted
camera
setting:
f:_____

SS:_____
Step
6:
Make
adjustments
for
depth
of
field,


 
 
 
 
 
 motion,
etc.



Development:



N
 N‐1
 N‐2
 N+1
 N+2
 Other:_____
Step
7:
Development
is



 
 
 determined
in
Step
5
by
seeing
how
many
stops
away
your



 
 
 highlight
reading
is
(where
if
falls)
from
where
you
want
it
to
be


(usually
Zone
VII)





REMEMBER:
Expose
for
the
shadows
and
develop
for
the
highlights!



Standard
f/stops:



1.4
 2
 2.8
 4
 5.6
 8
 11
 16
 22
 32
 45
 64



 Zone
System
Exposure
and
Development
Log




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

0
 I
 II
 III
 IV
 V
 VI
 VII
 VIII
 IX
 X



Camera:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Date:

Film
type
and
ISO:
 
 
 
 
 
 Location:

EI:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Other
info:


 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 

Shadow
Reading:


f:_____
 SS:_____



Highlight
Reading:
f:_____
 SS:_____









Spread:


_____
stops
(from
shadow
to
highlight)





Exposure:
f:_____


 SS:_____

to
place
shadow
in
Zone
_____


 
 
 
 
 









Highlight
falls
in
Zone
_____



Adjusted
camera
setting:
f:_____

SS:_____



Development:

 

N
 N‐1
 N‐2
 N+1
 N+2
 Other:_____





Camera:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Date:

Film
type
and
ISO:
 
 
 
 
 
 Location:

EI:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Other
info:





Shadow
Reading:


f:_____
 SS:_____



Highlight
Reading:
f:_____
 SS:_____









Spread:


_____
stops
(from
shadow
to
highlight)





Exposure:
f:_____


 SS:_____

to
place
shadow
in
Zone
_____


 
 
 
 
 









Highlight
falls
in
Zone
_____



Adjusted
camera
setting:
f:_____

SS:_____



Development:

 

N
 N‐1
 N‐2
 N+1
 N+2
 Other:_____



Standard
f/stops:



1.4
 2
 2.8
 4
 5.6
 8
 11
 16
 22
 32
 45
 64