doubleofive said:
Well. Huh.danny_boy said:
Well probably the most exceptional looking contemporary fantasy film---Avatar--- was shot at 1080p:
Despite shooting a max of 2K as opposed to 4K, ARRI is confident that their video quality will look just as good as anything shot on RED cameras—partially thanks to a 13.5-stop dynamic range. And they promise that the build quality, reliability and comfort of use will outpace anything released by RED...which is one reason the Alexa is bold enough to cost a minimum of $20,000 more that anything from RED in a shoot-ready configuration. ARRI is also less concerned about the resolution race, citing the fact that Avatar was technically shot in 1080p (Cameron's Fusion camera system is technically just dual Sony HDC-F950s) and no one seemed to complain.
http://gizmodo.com/5511054/arri-alexa-camera-digital-cinematic-bliss
1080p which is a negligible 6% difference than cinematic 2K holds up more than well when blown up---below is a list of fans who saw ATOTC in 2002 on IMAX:
Wed Nov 06, 2002 6:40 am
It was in 4x3, or at least something less than 2.35:1 or whatever it was in the theater. The opening shots with the senator's cruiser landing on Coursant are missing the left and right expanses of cloud that were in the analog and DLP versions.
I didn't notice any pixelation.
http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtop...64114&start=40
11-05-2002, 01:21 AM
I saw Attack of the Clones on an IMAX screen at the Smithsonian (http://www.si.edu/imax/) on Friday. I could make out the pores on the face of Natalie Portman. I'm still giddy.
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/.../t-142595.html
12/03/02 10:15 PM
I just saw Attack of the Clones on IMAX and here is my question:
The movie was shot in digital (something like 1920 X 1080 pixels I'm told) and transfered to the 70mm Imax format. by my calculations (1080 lines divided by an 80ft. screen) each line should be roughly 1 inch high. But I looked and damned if I could find ANY pixelization, vertical or horizontal. How do they do this?
http://forums.howwhatwhy.com/showfla...-222100&fpart=.
Now this poster noticed some colour issues as opposed to pixelization:
04-28-05, 02:01 AM
In the last DLP/Christie Digital presentation I witnessed -- which was Attack of the Clones in 2002 -- the image had a vertically-ribbed pattern to it, especially noticable in areas of uniform colour, like the blue in the end credits. Maybe I was sitting too close
http://archive2.avsforum.com/avs-vb/.../t-531925.html.
Even Lucas himself conducted tests when he blew up 1080 images over and above conventional screen sizes:
Lucas revealed that CineAlta is not only more easily manipulated but can also be blown up more than film. “We’ve done tests [where] we are blowing [digital images] up 50-60 percent on top of it already being blown up to be widescreen and getting an absolutely beautiful image. We had to go a long way before the [digital] image starts to fall apart… We were all shocked, even the guys at ILM.”
http://www.sony.co.uk/biz/content/id...ticlesection=2