Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 2 quick replies
From: "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 13:27:50 -0500

>> 
>> 
>> 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
>
Steven,

Yeah distribution!! there are only 6 digital screens in the whole wide WORLD
right now that can match 35mm projection.

sl
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