Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Even in the film world many people are going for a grainy look using techniques like cross-processing reversal film in negative chemistry. This technique also seems popular with the Holga crowd. Any Leica tribesman into this kinky stuff? Mike D - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Cohen" <markc@binaryfaith.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 1:24 PM Subject: RE: [Leica]S16mm Explanation > > I don't understand why people are into this no-grain thing. I just saw Pi > last night. (A film by Darren Aronofsky) Its in Black and White and grainy > as hell, and beautiful! :) > > I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it yet. (Its on DVD too!) ;) > > -Mark > > > > > On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Austin Franklin wrote: > > > I touched on this topic once before. To sum up from my > > Hollywood technical > > insiders; the future of image capture for feature films will > > actually be > > S16mm. The reason, in part, is that digital HD still does not > > measure up to > > film. > > I believe one of the things that makes film work so well is aliasing. Given > film 'grain' is different from frame to frame, I bet you get quite a better > overall resolution (as far as what the eye sees) than you do with > digital...since digital places the same sensor (its grain) at the same > position in the frame from frame to frame... > > One frame of a film typically looks fuzzier than when you play the film... > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Mark Cohen (BALUG LHSA AFA) > 226 San Carlos Street #1 "MIS people have sick, twisted > San Francisco, CA 94110 little minds" -Linus Torvalds > > (home) (415) 970-9421 (pager) (888) 702-9872 > (cell) (415) 290-7201 > (work) (415) 633-1179 page-mark@binaryfaith.com > > *** The box said "Install NT 4.0 or better", so I installed UNIX *** > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1 > GCS/FA/MU d? s+:+ a- C++++ ULBS++++$ P- L+++ E--- W-(+++) N++ o? K? w--- > O? M-- V-- PS+++ PE Y++ PGP++ t+ 5++ X R+ !tv b+++ DI+++ D+ G++ e++ h++ r% > y+ z** > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > >