Re: What is the best camera to use to get film look?

What snide remarks?
He asked for the best "camera" to use to get film look.
So I simply told him that to get the Best film look, use a film camera.

IMHO, there is a big misconception as to what film looks like.
Many young shooters think that by having a shallow depth of field,
or by shooting with a 24p DV camera that this is the magic film look.
Sorry, it doesn't work that way.

Not too long ago I had a young self proclaimed movie producer come by to check out what "film look" I had.
So I showed him the Arri 35BL and Eclair CM3, and he said... Oh, I was talking about with the computer...
I told him that we had Cinelook, Magic Bullet, Nattress, and asked him what particular style or look he was after.
He said... you know film look... I said can you narrow it down and maybe pick something that you want to look like, for example do you want your project to look like Gone With The Wind, The Matrix, The Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island.
He said... Oh right, Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch are TV shows.
Yes they are... I replied, but they were shot on film.
Then he said... They don't look like film!

So my big question for those of you out there that are after a "Film Look" is...
What does film look like?