Comments on: Film vs. Digital: The IMAX Edition http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/2012/04/film-vs-digital-the-imax-edition/ Seeing today's cinema through the movies of the past Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: JP http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/2012/04/film-vs-digital-the-imax-edition/#comment-387 JP Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:29:13 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/?p=1185#comment-387 Apart from Mr. Freeman's untimely and tragic death, this is a great job. You get paid for telling a good story visually and get to travel. What's better than that? About the process, MacGillivray is correct in that the media are different and digital is easier to work with. However, I found that now most of the problems that occurred with equipment as little as five years ago have been attenuated by redundant cheaper hardware and cameras and software has really matured. Film however, is hard to beat. Nice article as usual. Keep up the good work. Apart from Mr. Freeman’s untimely and tragic death, this is a great job. You get paid for telling a good story visually and get to travel. What’s better than that?
About the process, MacGillivray is correct in that the media are different and digital is easier to work with. However, I found that now most of the problems that occurred with equipment as little as five years ago have been attenuated by redundant cheaper hardware and cameras and software has really matured. Film however, is hard to beat.

Nice article as usual. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Farley Flavors http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/2012/04/film-vs-digital-the-imax-edition/#comment-386 Farley Flavors Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:31:26 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/movies/?p=1185#comment-386 "Digital is required for 3D projection". This isn't true - IMAX have a dual-strip 3-D film camera and projection system. “Digital is required for 3D projection”. This isn’t true – IMAX have a dual-strip 3-D film camera and projection system.

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