I have a way to
test meteor films.... airplanes! Just aim the camera at a plane and record
away... then inspect the film to see how deeply the plane etched itself into
the emulsion. Keep track of the visual brightness of the plane
so you have some idea of the films performance.
Marvelous idea Tony. I had been using the
archaic technique of slewing a tripod mounted camera across a known field of
bright stars. It kinda worked, but the slew rate was never consistent
between shots, so the film data was kind of ratty.