tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post3945625146667305630..comments2024-03-27T23:28:20.274-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Can audiences tell how crummy digital movies look? Do they care?agnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-67157902587358407212014-06-10T17:51:12.929-04:002014-06-10T17:51:12.929-04:00Actually (replying to myself) I've been resear...Actually (replying to myself) I've been researching this -- well looked at a couple of web pages, actually -- and I get the sense that the specs on dynamic range for stills may not translate when the camera is used in video mode.<br /><br />Also, apparently when they use the D800 on Dexter they actually use compressed files, because the uncompressed files are so big. <br /><br />I don't think that there is any technological reason why digital capture for motion pictures can't be as good -- or better than -- film. It's already there for still photography. But 35mm film still looks pretty darn good. cheerful iconoclasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09996124552679638199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-40350677137563996352014-06-10T13:16:52.309-04:002014-06-10T13:16:52.309-04:00Blown highlights look better with film, because yo...Blown highlights look better with film, because you have something there -- the film base. So if you do blow your highlights, it's just a white blob. <br /><br />I honestly don't know what they shoot movies with when they shoot digitally, but digital still cameras (which more and more have video capability) have increased their dynamic range quite dramatically over the last decade. The Nikon D800E has 13-14 stops of dynamic range, which is roughly equivalent to Tri-X Pan film. <br /><br />This doesn't mean you can't blow your highlights, but it does mean that if you do it's your own fault.cheerful iconoclasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09996124552679638199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-14780987493272702982014-06-08T11:39:17.247-04:002014-06-08T11:39:17.247-04:00Yep, ignore the screenshots I've shown -- we&#...Yep, ignore the screenshots I've shown -- we're only imagining those blown-out highlights in the Dragon Tattoo shot.<br /><br />More real-world examples from outdoor daylight group pictures:<br /><br />http://akinokure.blogspot.com/2013/11/in-digital-age-will-we-have-memorable.html<br /><br />And another of things in an outdoor daylight setting:<br /><br />http://120studio.com/dynamic-range.htm<br /><br />Don't know how that guy constructed his test image, but it doesn't appear to bear much resemblance to how these cameras really work in real situations.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-31475507356701167812014-06-08T10:53:25.183-04:002014-06-08T10:53:25.183-04:00Film does not have better dynamic range than digit...Film does not have better dynamic range than digital. In fact, it has worse dynamic range. The link below is a comparison between film and a Canon 1D Mark II, which is an old camera now. Modern Nikons have got even better dynamic range than it. You don't know what you're talking about.<br /><br />http://www.clarkvision.com/articles/dynamicrange2/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-82321273253483317662014-06-07T15:14:42.674-04:002014-06-07T15:14:42.674-04:00something else I've noticed is that movie thea...something else I've noticed is that movie theaters have gotten quieter. it is a strain for me to hear most dialogue. I don't know if this has something to do with the movies themselves, or the volume being turned down in movie theaters.Curtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-4983167012449759142014-06-06T04:47:32.224-04:002014-06-06T04:47:32.224-04:00I've always felt that the more pressing issue ...I've always felt that the more pressing issue are the color graders in Hollywood, who seem to have gone completely bonkers. For some reason they have forgotten that you don't have to make the colors in a movie either teal or completely washed-out.Anoreply@blogger.com