Hi there,
As an MSC Cinematography student working under the tuteledge of Chris Woollard in London the class and I have had many discussions recently concerning pre-production methodologies and their implementation.
One of these topics has covered how certain Cinematographers (the late James Wong Howe, for instance) like to test various times of the day / conditions of light (inc. bracketing exposures) with a stills camera, using their choice of film stock to be used on the moving picture itself in order to investigate results, etc.
As an aspiring DoP I very much like the idea of this - however have almost no stills experience at all. Can anyone recommend a particular stills camera for this type of preparatory work and why like they like the particular model?
Thanks,
Phil D Horbury