RE: Vs: [Leica] digital experience

[Jem Kime <jem.kime@cwcom.net>]

Steven,

I went along to a Sony presentation day last week where they were 
demonstrating their latest digital Hollywood (type) camera, the 24P. The P 
stands for a 'Progressive', shutter rather the current video standard of 
using interlaced scans, this gives a more filmic look though there is the 
option of transferring the footage over to 35mm for editing and/or 
distribution if desired.
The quality of video footage transferred to 35mm for projection was at 
least the equal of 35mm quality originals but when we then went to digital 
projection the quality was staggeringly different altogether. Most would 
say better, no grain, no dust flicker etc, but some would (a little like 
me) not be totally enamoured with bland stretches of screen showing nothing 
but smooth detail without the rippling undercurrent of granular interplay.
Horses for course of course and the nice thing is here you can have your 
cake and eat it!

Wim Wenders, the German director has shot half of 'Million Dollar Hotel' on 
24P and will do all of his next movie on it, he loves being able to see the 
takes after shooting them, previously having had to trust his cameraman. 
Ah! The joys of video.

Jem

- -----Original Message-----
From:	Steven Alexander [SMTP:alexpix@worldnet.att.net]
Sent:	06 December 2000 14:15
To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject:	Re: Vs: [Leica] digital experience

Lugnuts:

As a looong time silver process imagemaker I just want to say;  I just had
an awakening.  I saw results from several new top of the line, pro, 
semi-pro
digital cameras and I predict  one thing...get accustomed to not finding
your favorite film (not just Kodakchrome) waiting you at your local camera
shop.  Film is dying, if not yet dead, sorry I thought I would never say
that.
Following the article in the NY Times two Sundays ago on how major motion
picture production is drifting into digital capture and distribution, the
recent report from PMA that digital camera sales have passed film camera
sales this Xmas season and the fact that most newspaper/magazine 
photography
is now digital, I have been converted.  Look at the number of our members
(surely we are among the most conservative camera enthusiasts ) who have
abandoned the silver darkroom for digital reproduction, why not the silver
camera, if it produces, as the darkroom, equal or better results, please do
not tell me your 11x14 prints can not have the same quality and the 4x6 are
certainly as good.  I have seen equal quality, by eyeball, maybe not some
esoteric paper filled with numerical description of the image.

Let the collectors reign, the shooters will soon become converts to new
technology with different countries of origin , pre visualization will be
accomplished on an LCD and batteries will replace filters as the major 
topic
of discussion.

Happy snaps or is that now,
Good pixels,

Steven Alexander