Mike Washlesky

Good point on "perceived resolution" and of course the contrast. Although we would love to run some camera tests on the blow-up prior to principal photography, I dont know if there will be enough time to offer us that luxury. Right now it will really boil down to the math and which lenses to work with. Using external decks would be great, but all 7 weeks will be handheld (my back will be killing me as I am CamOp as well) and I figure having these digital recording packs like the Firestore will make my job even harder. P2 is what we will be recording on, I will just need to investigate how to maximize the image quality using the cards.

Thank you David, the HPX-3000 looks like it could be an option for us. While I have shot with the F900, I prefer Panasonic HD cameras and like the resolution and sample rates of the HPX-3000. I would love to be able to shoot on the F23 or Genesis but am pretty sure those would be out of the camera dept. rental budget. I am assuming that it would be preferable to shoot 1080p for the blow-up? Thanks, Mike

I was hoping a few of you might have some opinions regarding HD cameras with a blow-up to 35mm. I am gearing up for a feature to be shot in March, with money in the budget for a transfer for a film print of the finished project. Myself, the Director, and Producer are trying to narrow down which HD cameras would give the optimal resolution for the final print. We had decided to pass on the red Camera, as we will be on location in Colorado outdoors (often on a process trailer) and feel a bit wary of using a camera that has yet to be rigorously field tested, although after attending a demo in Austin,TX, was amazed at the quality of the image at 4K. I have shot 3 features on the older gen VariCam, but none of those projects were blown-up save for a short that was blown-up using a cheap 2K process. I was less than pleased with those results, but am optimistic about the true image scan for this blow-up. We are leaning towards the Panasonic family of HD cameras, specifically the HPX-500 and am curious if anyone had any experience using this or other cameras and the transfer to film. Will the resolution be enough when translated to celluloid? Does this camera carry rez necessary to make this possible? Or will we see the blocky and muddy images I have previously seen with transfers? Is there another camera that I should investigate that would be better suited for this workflow? Thanks in advance for any help. Mike Washlesky