Re: Slide Film--Museum Piece

[P3D <TimMaf@xxxxxxx>]

>Interesting point. I've also noticed that the "long dead" BETA video format
is
>alive and well (in a slightly modified version) in local television stations
>everywhere. Even with such major modifications to the VHS system as the
>Super-VHS format, it has never been able to produce what most technicians
>consider a broadcast quality image, whereas Beta is routinely used by local
news
>departments and even low-budget-no-budget direct-to-video "feature"
producers. I
>guess there's something to be said for "out-moded" technology (like Realist
>cameras, for instance?) after all!

Actually BetaCAM is a considerably different format than the consumer
BetaMAX format. The only similarities are the cassette shell and 1/2"
tape. There was a professional VHS fromat (M1 and M2) which was
as similar to VHS as Betacam is to Betamax. It produced "broadcast
quality" images and NBC used it for the Seoul Olympics. However, it,
for a variety of reasons, was not considered as good as Betacam (and
for that matter VHS isn't as good as Betamax).

More to the point, while print film has long been the favorite of the mass 
market chromes WERE the only way to get a good reproduction
in print so they were used by pros.  Today, computers are likely to
change this. While Photoshop programs give you incredible control,
doing your own scanning from negatives will give you even more 
control. The TV world has learned the same lessons over the last
15 years. Reversal film will simply become another tool, a "look" and 
the only one that will show your shooting skills. Most chromes will 
probably comes from a computer output.

However, the old ways are still good enough for those of us using
our 40 year old cameras and film like Kodachrome that was 
introduced 60 years ago.

Tim Maffia
Seattle


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