Agreed.
Let me try to clarify what I am after.
If I buy a camera and assume that I know the 'characteristics of a film
(slide).
Is there any quantative way of testing the camera so that I know if it over
or under exposes?
How do I know that a picture taken that for example appears over exposed is
because the camera interpreted it incorrectly for my tastes.
How do I minimise the effects of all the other things in the equation
(colour temp, development etc).
If I still worked in a lab I could put it on a jig and use known light
sources etc (sad aren't I ;-).
I know that a lot of this is subjective.
Its more a case of finding out for example:
camera A has a tendency to overexpose under these conditions and film B is
not good at handling under exposure.
How do you split out the characteristics of each part?
What about the lens?
Or is it a case of saying this combination (camera,lens,film) has a tendency
to do this.
Does this make any sense?
Best regards
Alan
>
> Calibration starts with you and your appraisal of the final
> image. You make
> the adjustments required to enable the camera and lens to
> deliver what you
> expect. That is the start.
> To expect your camera, or any camera, to deliver the goods,
> without your
> envolvement, will lead you down a long lonely path.
>
> My honest opinion, but your mileage may vary.
>
> Bob
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