[Tig] Is there anybody out there

[Bob Friesenhahn]

>
> 1. Do you honestly think film has something that sooner or later can not be 
> emulated by a digital device?
> 2. Do you honestly think
> - much higher shooting ratios (due to lack of load times - longer loads - 
> lower cost on set)
> - virtually no stock costs,
> - no processing costs
> - no scanning costs
> - immediate full on set playback
> wont sooner or later be the tipping point ?

This is a bit of an exaggeration of the benefits.  Someone (Steve 
Shaw) mentioned here that for the "film" they shot in digital (Viper), 
130TB of video was captured on site.  130TB is a huge amount of data 
to collect on site.  There is a cost associated with capturing all of 
this data, transferring it to permanent storage, and then looking at 
it all.

It seems that it is very easy to capture a lot of data using video 
that the DP feels more uncertain of the result so he collects a lot 
more footage just to be sure.

Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
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