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Re: Kinda interesting article on Digital vs. Film

I was one of the folks who actually saw the digital projection of Star Wars I here in L.A. I found it vertually unwatchable. Sharpness in film is only a problem when there is too much of it. It is ugly. that is why we use diffusion filters. We judge the quality of film by its ability to handle gradiations in contrast amoung other things. Digital fails miserably on these levels. It exagerates contrast giving the illusion of greater clarity and detail and leaving us with an ugly picture. this is an issue both with the cameras and with the projectors. I was also involved in tests done with a digital camera. It was awful. It didn't even read diffusion. it couldn't even read smoke diffusion. It either read opaque smoke or nothing at all. There is no question that the digital projector has a steadier image with no flicker. This only allows you to see just how ugly the picture is more clearly. Another issue no one seems to be addressing on the projectors is the loss of information with camera motion or action. The effect can be nausiating.

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