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A Future for Plus-X in 2024?
Karim D. Ghantous replied to Paco Sweetman's topic in Film Stocks & Processing
Purely hypothetical. But, I am confident that I am at least 50% correct! -
A Future for Plus-X in 2024?
Karim D. Ghantous replied to Paco Sweetman's topic in Film Stocks & Processing
Vision3 is indeed a terrific b&w stock! But its latitude is 15 stops at best, whereas a multi-layer b&w stock could give you 20+ stops. -
A Future for Plus-X in 2024?
Karim D. Ghantous replied to Paco Sweetman's topic in Film Stocks & Processing
I would like to see Kodak release a b&w film with several layers, which would give a huge amount of latitude - more than any digital sensor today. Who knows if they will even bother thinking about it. -
How far can you push Eastman 7222 and Kodak 7219?
Karim D. Ghantous replied to Kai Zeger's topic in Film Stocks & Processing
I found a couple of useful links about 5219. https://www.35mmc.com/27/09/2023/5-frames-of-kodak-vision3-500t-pushed-to-1600-at- home/https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/vision-3-500t-pushed-one-or-two-stops.202264/ This video has been posted here a lot, and it's worth examining: -
The way things are going? I don't see it happening. Even Hollywood has forgotten how to make movies, for the most part. Australia has some of the great modern storytellers, so perhaps adapting their work is a starting point. Even then, it's the 'how', not just the 'what'. In a world where everything is 'easy', like power windows, and GPS, and fast computers, etc, people tend to get soft, and their philosophical vision degrades. That's why the Star Wars prequels were merely okay. Lucas was very spoiled by that time.
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FWIW, I think that digital imaging works fine for photography (but you still have occasional things you need to watch for). For movies though? It's not that I'm against it, or that I don't like it (even old Red cameras are quite film-like, IMHO). But it's not so easy to just change over to digital, as if you are just changing a t-shirt. I've seen some commercials with a decent LUT applied, which look better than some movies! (WTF is with these stupid "looks" anyway??). Back in 2017 I thought I'd give Sex and the City a try. Yes, it's actually a great show. But it looked terrific because it was shot on 16mm. Not just terrific, but authentic. So, I guess it depends on what that is worth to you. Is it worth the premium? You tell me.
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Some years ago I came across an old technique called 'concurrent photon amplification'. It was, I think, only used in photographic cameras, such as a Leica M4. There was one such camera on eBay a few years ago. Recently I got to thinking about it again. I was reminded of it because of recent news that Kodak ditched their plans to make a 1000T stock. This 1000T stock was apparently no better than 500T pushed. So, I thought: wait a minute, maybe CPA can do a better job here. This thesis is worth a glance. Sadly, I do not understand the equations, although this isn't expected of photographers. So, subjectively, according to the conclusion, 5219 (500T) stock could have the sensitivity value of up to ASA 32,000. (Whereas a 400 speed photo film, such as HP5+, could be rated at up to 25,600). This sounds too good to be true. However, I will point out two things: firstly, I have not tested CPA; and secondly, the fact that digital cameras can function at ISO 32,000 is also "too good to be true." Also worth exploring are potentially different effects on both colour and b&w stocks. At worst, and in theory, 5219 gains one stop without pushing, and without any penalty. And 5203 (50D) can now be rated at ASA 100, which is no bad thing.
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Napoleon (2023)
Karim D. Ghantous replied to Deniz Zagra's topic in On Screen / Reviews & Observations
I thought that Prometheus looked really good. That was shot with Red EPIC stereo rigs. So, it's having a sense of taste and allowing light to speak for itself. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should...