The way I judge is to project the movie film on a screen. Videos are made off the movie screen. Many are on my channel. I also take photos on a light table. They can end up on FaceBook. A scene is bracketed, using 1/3 stops, which can be clearly seen to change between each shot.
Contrast is lower in darker images and I try to lighten them by developing longer. Indoors, a yellow or off white wall looks gray and dull compared to real life when developed 10 minuets, however the 25 minuets one looks correct. The darks are judged by looking at a light bulb through the leader, which is black. I load and unload in the dark to get black leader and eliminate flashing the ends. At 80 degrees F and 21 minuets the leader became too light and thin for me. Ones like that are Selenium toned to darken them back down. Just a little because the lights also become darker, just not as fast. So, I lower the temperature and then extend the time. That lightens the wall and darkens the leader.
What I wanted to find out was how this film, Foma R-100, behaves, developed as taught and my way, shot under identical conditions.
This morning I wrote a page about the sunny 16 rule applied to what I discovered. It applies if I use 24 fps and 1/100 at f16 on a not too bright sunny day with almost cloudy bright shadows, but still hard. Not as bright as it gets. I think the film is adjusted to include bright sun on sand and show. The image is 25 min dev not 10