Digital Zone System

THE LONG ROAD TO EXPRESSION
The term "Digital Zone System" has been bandied about since the advent of digital imaging. To many, the term Zone System became a buzz term. The Zone System was bullet proof, and became synonymous with fine images. People have seemed desperate to give their images the kind of importance that using the Zone System seemed to give them. Many have used the term, but it hasn't helped because they were trying to assert a film workflow on a digital paradigm and it didn't work. So they think that the digital output is inferior. It's not. In many ways, I see it as superior. It's just different.
MAKING A CASE FOR DIGITAL IMAGING
Since the advent of digital technology, there has been talk of the use of "Digital Zone System". What I've seen though, is that all too often, the talk has centered around trying to make it work much in the same way as the Zone System did with film. I've encountered many people who insist on using the spot meters that they spent so much money...