Craziest Idea to Date

[Dominic Case]

What you are overlooking is that modern colour negative stocks already work in the way that you are proposing. There are two blue-sensitive layers, two green-sensitive, and two red-sensitive. In each pair there is a fast, coarser-grained layer and a slow,finer-grained layer. Each individual layer also contains a range of grain sizes, which is how the emulsion has such a broad useful exposure range, and also why the contrast is low.

 

So if you want extended range, perhaps you just need to persuade Kodak to make the slow layer slower and the fast layer faster.

 

If you are thinking in terms of beam-splitting, instead of trying to find a Technicolor camera, why not look more into the 3D projection model I suggested. Whatever it is that they put on the front of a vertical-offset 3D film projector is all you need - and the means to put it onto a camera.

 

Sounds easier than some of the other ideas. :unsure:

[Paul Bruening]

My brain isn't coming with how that 3D beam splitter works. So, I guess the answer is, "I'm not smart enough." Can you throw me a clue or two on it?

[Paul Bruening]

I've got some digital work-arounds brewing in my old coffee pot for a head.