Film vs. Digital Video
Okay so the debate has raged on for so long that there are converts on both sides. Coming from a film background I happen to like the digital video. Like I always said tape is cheap, film isn't. The other day I came across a article in Government video by Wayne Cole. The title of the article was " The impact of compact ", and he had some things to say that I've been concerned about, and why I still haven't abandoned film. To boil it all down the article dealt with resolution of DV cameras. This included DV, HDV and XD CAM HD. To quote the article: "Video resolution is related to the luminance bandwidth in the recorded signal. Smaller imagers capture less light and therefore less resolution. Lossy compression formats like DV, HD, and XD CAM HD are based on throwing out high-frequency information that will be least noticed by the human eye. In other words resolution is sacrificed in the hopes that viewers will not notice." This is what has always bothered ...