Re: [APML] Film vs Digital - Not Just Astrophotographers

["Andrew Schott" <aschott@cfl.rr.com>]

I saw "Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones" in a digital "DLP" cinema and as far
as I am concerned, film in the theatre is already obsolete!  Incredible
clarity, color fidelity, contrast, stability unmatched by any film rendition
I've ever seen.  The picture was bright, flicker free and very comfortable
to watch.  The motion rendered in the fight scenes was very intense as the
matter of shutters and mechanical film movements aren't in the way of
quickly displaying each frame.

Now, as to the matter of using digital methods for imaging, that remains to
be seen.  I don't think there have been any "all digital" movies released
yet.  I'll be first in line to see them when they are!

I know you'll hear a big hue and cry from the cinematographer unions when
the switch does occur.  There's a big industry centered around professionals
who spend their entire careers learning to control exposure, how to shoot
for final effect and knowing exactly how any given film will react to the
scene lighting.  They're not going down without a fight.

I think "Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou?" was the first film that was
completely digitally mastered.  They took the negatives, uncut, and scanned
them in to their computers and used digital image manipulation to edit and
control the color/contrast/mood of the film throughout.

What this has to do with astrophotography isn't clear....  I guess I'm
waaaaay OT here, but there's always a benefit when more and more industries
are demanding quality CCD chips and projection methods.  It will trickle
down to our level as far as improving digital capture and rendering.  Could
be very bad for film though:-(


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Wigell" <kwemail@twcny.rr.com>
To: "APML" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 8:07 AM
Subject: [APML] Film vs Digital - Not Just Astrophotographers


> An interesting article on digital recording technologies possibly
overtaking
> film for recording TV shows and movies. Some interesting parallels to the
> debate as it relates to astrophotography.
>
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/852185.asp
>
> Kevin Wigell
> www.kwastronomy.com
>
>
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