Look, I shoot BW Neg film about 90% of the time and often shoot WITHOUT meter when its a clear sunny day outdoors. My exposures are truly excellent under those conditions and they could be characterized as "consistently accurate exposures" but I do not claim them to be within 1/3 stop of absolute perfection. That is a key difference.
I dont agree with your statement below that the cameras/lenses dont have to be very ACCURATE as well as consistent accross all settings to achieve 1/3 stop exposure accuracy under ALL conditions like he claims. JCO > -----Original Message----- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:42 AM > To: Pentax Discuss > Subject: Re: Exposure > > > > ----- 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, Pål 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 > >
