Response to densitometer alternatives

Beyond the Zone System is an excellent book. It was mentioned that you shouldn't waste your time with all the calibration needed for this approach to the zone system, I can tell everything that I could ever want to know about a film and developer combination in under two hours. I use Phil Davis' Plotter software but not the Matcher, I don't think that you should let a computer tell you how to print a negative. Any decent photo lab and also many places where X-rays are done have densitometers. I have never paid to use one but a small charge would probably be acceptable. If you really want to understand the realtionship between exposure and development you should follow the advice given in Beyond the Zone System.

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