Frame rate is going to be its own pile of worms -- is 60fps really cinematic? -- but I agree that contrast is huge. I think that's why the hottest cameras are the ones with the most latitude. THAT's the thing that's flat about most video to me. Good film shooting can be as sharp as video, but until very recently, video sensors couldn't capture as much dynamic range.
We're coming around to a place where digital cameras have MORE latitude than film. Some of the true lions like Roger Deakins and Caleb Deschanel arre shooting digital and seeing the new possibilities it can offer.
The trick is going to be training the kids coming up to use digital cameras to make images that rival Deakins and Deschanel at their film-vintage best.
Tim Wilson
Associate Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
Creative COW Magazine
Twitter: timdoubleyou
