> I do a lot of B&W film photography, and my go to technique for landscapes is to find the darkest shadow, dial down the compensation to -3 (thus placing the da

> I do a lot of B&W film photography, and my go to technique for landscapes is to find the darkest shadow, dial down the compensation to -3 (thus placing the darkest part of the image in Zone II), and then expose the image at that setting. There are some subtleties: Bruce Barnbaum argues you should expose shadows (where you want to keep details) to Zone IV: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlnt5yFArWo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlnt5yFArWo Then you take the negative and print it down to Zone III: you end up with more texture / separations.