Just another comment in passing re: the digital revolution. Ever notice how many current TV shows are actually shot on film? Here's what happens. The original show is shot on 35mm color negative film. The neg is processed and immediately put in a fancy transfer camera and transferred to video tape, with reversal and color enhancement/correction happening in the reversal process. Post production is now accomplished on tape (cheaper and faster), titles are added elctronically and the finished product is handed to the network in video-tape form.
Why shoot the original on film? Easy. It's a hedge against changes in electronic imaging formats for the future. Shoot your original on video tape and you are locked into the current 525-line NTSC format for ever and ever. When things change to HDTV or whatever, you take your crisp 35mm film originals, transfer them and suddenly you have a beautiful film transfer to whatever the electronic format is of the day. Since all profit in TV shows is made in synduication (after network showing), this thinking about the future is very important to those whose income depends on that revenue from future syndication... Why this digression for SPORRS? Keep in mind those high-quality originals you shoot today on old-fashioned film will scan very nicely into whatever digital format for communications happens in the next 50 years. BTW, if you ever have a chance to see a demo of HDTV, check it out. Imagine television on a large flat screen in your house with the resolution of a National Geographic photo page. It blows you away... --DRB --> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects
