On 2008-03-05 17:15:00 +0200, Hayato Kakita <not.yet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> On 2008-03-02 23:23:23 +0200, "Eric" <none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>
>> IOW: How many "pixels" are on one 35mm frame of film?
>
> The 35mm film used for movies gets about 8K (about 128MPixels) at
> maximum. This is for a VERY slow film (about 100AZA) which is not
> usually used in movies.
>
> The more popular 400aza one gets about 4K (32MPixels)
>
> Scans from film to digital media are done at 8K nowadays (telecine).
> Special effects are usually rendered at 4K for big budget films and 2K
> for more "average" budget films.
>
> The main difference between film and digital imagery is the way the
> pixels or grain are distributed.
> Pixels are evenly distributed, which usually creates some artifacts
> when it comes to hard lines in the picture.
> Film grain on the other have is randomly distributed, which gives it a
> much more real feel on lower resolutions.
> Having this in mind, I would say that film used for most of the movies
> can only be beaten by a 8K raw digital camera footage.
I did a mistake up there, 8K is not 128MPixels, its 32MPixels (8000 x
4000) (I always mistake and think xK is vertical rez instead of
horizontal), thus 4K is 8MPixels (4000 x 2000)
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