Mark Kenfield wrote:
Actually Jammy they're a very high volume manufacturer. I'm not aware of any 35mm (equivalent) camera that's ever been produced in as high a volume as the Red One already has been.
YOu must be talking industry wise Mark? I mean, sure, they're selling 35mm equivelant cameras, but is that a fat market? I know they're doing well in it though, my buddy's school just bought a bunch for their film program.
EPIC looking very fine Graeme, I'll probably never see one, but Congratulations on breaking the market, here's to seeing modular design in DSLR's!!
As technoid as film is reputed to be it's essentially no more than commercial art. When the first digital cine cameras came out the producers embraced them figuring they could save on costs of film stock, editing and crew costs, etc. But, instead, it turned out that their labor costs escalated.
All due to the highlight overload properties of digital sensors (somewhat like contrasty overexposed film transparency). They need more people, time and equipment to get the "Film Look" they had been selling for years. Also the camera crew added yet another position to the camera crew (DP, Operator, 1st Assistant and sometimes 2nd Assistant/loader)-that of "Camera Tech."
I just visited my friend working on the crew of a Disney TV series and he says that much of the long form TV product has reverted to film. Big films have the pace and resources to control lighting but until digital sensors get the real "Film Look" Kodak and Fugi will be making cine film.
Hendrik wrote:
Personally, I’m also a bit sad. The art of photography will go away. Producers will film a model with e.g. 24 or 100 frames a second and simply choose one frame from the film for print. But then again, maybe Cinematography is cool also.
People keep saying this, but I have no idea why they think it is so.
Sure it'll be easier to time fast-paced shots, but it's not like suddenly the art of photography will go down the gutter.
The frame rate isn't necessary for shooting landscapes, studio work, and so on, nor will it make people lose their ability to come up with creative compositions or improve their lighting.
I could see it help people better time sports, macros, or wildlife shots, but in what way will it make the art of photography go away?
