----- Original Message ----- From: J. C. O'Connell Subject: RE: Exposure
> Seemed to me that he was implying that > he has the ability to expose every frame > he shoots within 1/3 stop of a TECHNICALLY > perfect exposure with a TLL meter reading. > He has no clue that his camera/lenses are not > that accurate or consistent across all the > settings. They don't have to be accurate, all they have to be is consistent. Presuming his films are, in fact, exposed to within a third stop of what he wants, it falls to reason that his equipment is consistent. We aren't talking about a mechanically timed shutter that can be all over the place, but a quartz timed shutter that should be repeatable to within a few percentage points, they really are that accurate, and well adjusted lenses (remember, P�l has a special relationship with Pentax Norway, since he is one of their three customers). Also, nature shooting, which seems to be mostly what he shoots, isn't really all that demanding of a metering system. Fuji film is remarkably speed and colour stable, and consistent from batch to batch, much more so than Kodak, and the Fuji CR-56 process is very stable. I find it a bit baffling is that people find it hard to believe that modern camera equipment can give consistently accurate exposures. William Robb
