Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > > I remember 20+ years ago in the world of cinema when video was starting to > come in, that film would be dead in just 5 years. Now film still seems to be > doing well with 75% of prime time TV shot on film, Hollywood features are > still the exclusive domain of 35mm (despite HDTV/digital being around for > many years), a 3 to 6 month waiting list to buy a $150,000 Aaton or Arri > 16mm camera. Despite the gains of digital still cameras, 35mm still cameras > and film sales showed a 6% increase last year. > > I am not arguing against digital, just saying that there is a HUGE > infrastructure built around film cameras that is not going away any time > soon. > > sl Boy do I remember 1977-1983 and the dying of film at the networks in news...I watched my Arriflex 16 rentals go from 4 a week to 2 a month and falling. The value of my IATSE membership diminish and my IBEW card climb in worth. No the day of the announcement of the death of motion picture production has not been as yet made but it will come. Please remember that most nonfilm production in the motion picture arena has been analogue video not digital until recently. The digital tools offer a much better tool. Panaflex is getting into the digital arena, again I understand, and you can not discount the growing importance of digital video production tools like the Canon XL's. Apple has a huge and growing investment in Final Cut and associated systems. The middle part of film production has been using digital for quite sometime. The thing that has continued to drive mp in film is distribution; however, the use of digital distribution is upon us and will become the preferred method of theatrical presentation. But film lives on, scratches and all. Happy snaps, Steven Alexander - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html