Re: 16mm film in the Hollywood industry

From: Ron Toole (email suppressed)
Date: Wed Jul 12 2006 - 12:30:40 PDT


Indeed Kodak's newest 16mm cinematography product 7299
is a low-con camera film that, when run through
Kodak's special telecine box, reputedly emulates
whichever stock you want, look-wise.

And though I'm skeptical a machine can mimc the
saturation of k25, it does indicate a market need.

--- Sam Wells <email suppressed> wrote:

>
> > Not mystified that it should persist, just that it
> should
> > increase...and mainly interested in what the
> camera assistant had
> > to say-- that there's a return to 16mm within the
> industry.
>
> Certainly a lot of it is due to shooting for TV &
> digital finish,
> taking advantage of what modern telecine and grading
> can do.
>
> For better or worse (I'd say kinda both) Kodak's new
> camera stocks -
> Vision 2 - are optimised for this in terms of grain,
> sharpness,
> contrast & saturation.
>
> -Sam
>
>
>
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