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.
If it's about the technical definition. There's a way to prove such claim.
Hello, Paal ! Here is what you can do:
- you take a roll of velvia and expose it with several subjects. You write down on a paper what density the film should have for a couple of objects present in each frame
- to avoid cheatin', you send the unprocessed film to Saskatchewan Bill and a copy of the paper to me; also a copy of the paper, without your expected readings (just the objects list), to Bill
- Bill processes the film himself or at your choice of lab in Regina (or you send it to me and I'll process it at your choice of lab in Montreal)
- then he pulls out the microdensitometer, and fills in the densities for each object on your list, and posts the results on PDML.
- then we check if all of them are within 1/3 stop of what you wrote down on your list
If you are right, I'll pay the film the mailing and the processing and will hail you as THE Master of Technical Exposure. If not, you'll pay processing and get some cave laughings at you.
cheers, caveman
