Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- -------Original Message------- From: Adam Bridge <abridge@mac.com> >But now you're talking about working entirely in the digital >domain for everything you do! We work with source material that is either shot on film, HD and recently with something called a "Viper" which is REALLY close to the real thing (film). Output is either back to film or digital. >I'm not sure what your point is about Star Wars - Episode One, >though. I mean it was a bad film, for sure and it's look has >that "fx blur" that fudge all the blending etc that has to be >going on. I hope we are past that one although, I'm afraid, >it'll become a "look" that people will want to achieve rather >than avoid. Like being deluged with lens flare. The point is that Lucas announched the death of film and claimed he could get the same quality shooting HD as shooting film. HD is very, very good, but it's just not film, so it ends up looking like an inferior technology. It's not, it's just different. >Of course when we see a film shot in HD we aren't seeing it in >its element we're seeing it >in a transfer to film. I would >like to see a fully digital projection - but there isn't a house >with one anywhere near me here in northern California (that I >know of.) I think native HD looks better, than HD transfered to film. Digital projection has made some big strides (DLP technology), but it's not quite there. One more generation and I think we will have it >When I talk to people who are working in HD they all say they >have to learn the nature of the medium because it's different >from film, just as you say. It has to be lighted differently, >etc etc. Exactly! >But well shot, and people ARE shooting it very professionally, >the results are very very good Not bad at all for a >first-generation technology. Don't get me wrong. HD looks really good when it it is shot well. Poorly shot film looks hideous. >I just hope, in the future, we break the evil tyranny of 24fps >and push up past 30 to 60fps where realism is substantially >impacted by the high frame rate. But even 30 is better than 24. > >Adam - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html