Well, 35mm negatives should being scanned in at at least 4k (if their condition warrants it), 6k if it will gain even a tiny amount of fine barely perceptible detail, better to preserve as much as you can while you have a chance to do a nice clean scan of perfect negatives. For 70mm you'd need at least 8k. Wish more films were shot on this, so much better than even excellent 35mm. :)
With digital cameras, there's a certain artificiality to the image. We live in an analog world, that's reality, and when trying to translate that to digital, there's something lost. A little hard to put your finger on sometimes, but it's there, the images look sort of plastic, fake, artificial, there's a unnatural sheen to them. Much prefer 35mm film, with it's very fine level of natural detail. :)
When you see images from a Star Wars film print, it looks so much better than even a nice video. It has a vibrancy, a sumptuous depth, detail and natural quality that is so wonderful. Just no substitute for real film. :)
Post #587095
- Author
- Dunedain
- Parent topic
- Making our own 35mm preservation--my crazy proposal
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/587095/action/topic#587095
- Date created
- 25-Jul-2012, 5:56 PM