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Thank you! I will look into all this. I'm already a subscriber of american cinematographer magazine. I'm currently reading "The Five C's of Cinematography". I like it a lot.

Thank you David. I agree with you about good digital cinematography. Are there good books on cinematography in general that you'd recommend? My HD start with this was based on: looks like it's all coming to HD now and good HD cameras are now available to consumer for below $5K. So I thought, starting today, I might as well start with HD camera & standards. but I definitely need general cinematography knowledge regardless of HD or DV. thank you

Thanks everyone. >>If your title is correct--you're a Director...or are aspiring to be one. >>Why then do you want to learn cinematography particularly HD...? yes, my ultimate goal is directing. and I'm slowly but steadily going towards that dream in my evening time & weekends. I have a full time job as a programmer. So oficially i'm not in the industry and doing it on my own so trying to learn as much as I can of everything with main concentration on directing... And I clearly understand that even one area of cinematography can get your hands full... There are great books on areas of directing I'm currently reading... but I have to do the camera work as well, I will start with shorts and in those will have to do most on my own... I guess I'm somewhat close to Robert Rodriguez approach in a way... Rebel without a crew... Thank you.

Hello everyone. I'm very new to HD & cinematography overall but looking to start with HD since that's where it's all going... can anybody recommend a decent & simple resources where to learn basics? (e.g. things like 720, 1080i, what do all of those formats mean and so on). anything related to this topic explained in an easy-to-ready approach. thank you.