[photo-3d] Re: Films days are numbered??

["Elena Bouvier" <fotoworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxx, Rory Hinnen <Rory.Hinnen@xxxx> wrote:
> Elena Bouvier wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > When digital imaging can truely compete with film, and meet the
> > standards of the big movie houses, that's when we should worry. As
> > long as Disney and Dreamworks etc. want film, you and I will have
> > film
> 
> Hmm. Okay, I don't speak for Disney, but I work there (on the film
> side). Yes, they love digital. They would like to go there now. As a
> distribution format, they are champing at the bit - distribution 
costs
> drop dramatically.
> 
> I don't think the film we use for stereo slides has much to do with 
the
> film we use for movies. Stocks are radically different on our end 
from
> what we use for our slides (I know this, because I originally got 
into
> stereo as a means of learning more about film, figuring it was half 
of
> my job. I was surprised to discover that only the basics applied, 
the
> stocks and processes involved are different enough that the details 
no
> longer apply).
> 
> .r.

Hi Rory,
I did not know that Disney is champing at the bit to increase profits 
by reducing distribution costs using digital formats...mmm-
Not my best choice of an example to illustrate my point- OK. 
However, you did not address my point...
 
"IMHO, digital imaging is simply a medium , like stereo, 35mm, 2.25, 
4x5 etc., not an end to a medium. Photography did not
displace/replace 
painting or drawing.! TV did not replace movies, nor has the web 
replaced newspapers & magazines."
  
And Video never replaced film...
Film has a "LOOK"-
Video has a "look"-
and so does Digital, although it's still too young to have an 
establised and "final" look. They are three very different beasts in 
pro, collector and consumer eyes, and will remain so for a very long 
time.
There will alwas be something magical about chemical compounds 
suspended in a gelatin base & reacting to light that neither video
nor 
digital imaging will ever recreate. (especially in stereo!)   ; )
And to see just how much I Love emulsion, check this out...
It's not stereo, but it is certainly emulsion!

http://www.phillynews.com/sunmag/1031/hotshot