yes, motion picture industry is a very valid point somehow we all have been
missing so far.
>From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Slides vs digital
>Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 22:52:33 +0100
>
>I think that there may be some confusion here. May I add to it?
>
> >>And before any one argues the whole videotape vs. film issue let me say
> >that
> >>video has replaced film in consumer markets but not in the motion
>picture
> >>and documentary industry.
> >
> >And that's one replacement that I can guarantee never *will* happen: the
> >motion picture and documentary makers will skip right over videotape and
> >go to digital when it's cost effective (a few more years).
>
>Motion picure makers will have to output their productions onto film for
>a while to come: the images have to be projected onto a screen, using
>traditional projectors. That is, until LCD or LEP (Light Emitting
>Plastics) etc etc technology becomes good enough and cheap enough to use
>in every cinema on the planet. Also, note that any film with sequences -
>or indeed their entire content - created digitally (Toy Story, Final
>Fantasy, Godzilla etc) has had to be transferred to film in order to be
>shown in cinemas. I'm afraid the digital revolution, far from making an
>inroads into feature film, has not only taken a foothold, but less and
>less is being shot traditionally.
>
>As for broadcast television, there is very little film shot these days.
>Only productions that demand the lightest possible weight, the most
>robust, and user-serviceable-in-the-field equipment shoot film. Up
>Everest, the Amazon, those hard-to-get places - or, because the director
>wants real film. Or commercials.
>
>As for shooting digital, I'm afraid you're in for a surprise. Currently,
>shooting digital broadcast tv still involves videotape. The difference
>over old analogue tape is this: the images and sound are recorded
>digitally, and so picture degredation is minimized, and generation-loss
>is non-existant. The medium is still tape because it's the most
>cost-effective *at the moment*. This will change over the next decade or
>two. Solid state recording (effectively recording straight onto mini hard
>disks) will be next, and hardware already exists, but like all
>industries, it's expensive to re-equip everyone in your company at the
>drop of a hat. It costs millions to buy new kit (not simply buying just
>cameras either - all the editing, image manipulation, image management
>gizmos - the list is endless). As a rule, if a tv company invests in a
>technology, it's good for ten years. Our newsgathering operation 'went
>digital' about 12 months ago...
>
>To come back on topic, I think the advent of the so-called digital
>revolution regarding consumer cameras has plenty of mileage left in it
>before that revolution becomes the norm. The plain fact is that most
>people will still use film because it's what they know, what they feel
>safe with. As a new generation grows up with digital imaging, that's
>where I think we'll see it become the norm.
>
>One PDML contributor hit the nail on the head when he or she said that if
>Pentax came up with a no-frills 3 or 4 MP digital K mount SLR for a grand
>(bucks) or so, they'd sell bucketloads and instantly become a hit. That's
>right, but I don't think it will happen within 5 years, because Pentax
>and others have plenty of interest in selling either dead-end P and S
>digitals, or high-end Nikon-style D1Xs. Look at the Canon digital -
>that's not unreasonably priced, but it's not exactly selling like
>pancakes? Because it's not *quite* there. 2/3 CCD or whatever, not
>*quite* affordable enough, nope, most Canon shooters will stick with
>Rebels or EOSs etc.
>
>When Pentax does eventually release the MZ-D (or whatever) we will
>salivate and plan, but the price will be gut-wrenching. And instead of
>selling a hundred a day, they will sell only a hundred a month. And that
>will suit Pentax just fine - there's big danger in high-volume output in
>consumer items like cameras.
>
>Well, I'm starting to lose the plot now - the Fullers London Pride has
>finally conquered me and it's time for bed. Hope I haven't bored you to
>death. I'm going to shoot a pretty girl tomorrow with my LX and 85mil, so
>I'm as happy as a pig in the shhhhh....mustn't wake the lad, it's his
>first day back at school tomorrow...
>
>A good evening to you wherever you are on the Earth.
>
>Cotty
>
>*-)
>
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