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Wait a minute. When video camera builders say youneed only one or two lux to get an image, one has to consider the fact that these specifications are given using electronic gain (+ 6 dB = 1 Stop) and sometimes even low shutter speed at the same time. You'll get an image, sur but very low...

True ! Digital means numeric (it comes from "digit" wich means "fingers" in latin, ie "to be numerically quantified"). A digital format is a format that processes information in a numeric (mathematical) way. Film doesn't translate information into numbers any how ! I'm afraid this is another...

Hi ! You have to be very carefull about black skins with such a white set ! I worked on a film as an assistant in africa, in a very white set. The dop got fired after 3 days (time enough for the production to see the daylies !) You should over light the skins a little (half or a full stop...

I'm not sure they really give a shit or would, because it affects basically "major" films, and it becomes a production/distributor problem, not a director one, as they get money on the tickets, ie good money on this products. I'm sure some directors, like musicians for music, of films that are...

That's one of the best advices, you should try to give the face some light some how, its is a very normal situation in such a case. DOPs know that the more light you have, the more light you need... talking about filters, in such a situation : You can use low contrast filters or black promist...

Wait a minute. 50 mbs is a broadcast transfer rate for production or post production (DVCPRO 50, digital betacam). 25 is not so bad (dvcam, dvcpro). Both are MJPEG. used The problems of pixelisation when displaying are due to the mpeg2 algorythmic (interimage redondance compression) wich is 15...

There are basicaly three ways for a camera to produce 16/9 : 1) A real 16/9 pickup device produces about the total same resolution as a same size level 4/3 would since the diagonals are the same. Say if you have a 2/3'' pickup device, if its'4/3, it's higher than 16/9 but 16/9 is larger. There...

the lux (light in latin) is the standard international unity for lumination. imagine a part of a ball, 1 m radial, 1 metersquare the surface. Imagine a candle in the center of this part ball. one lux is about the total quantity of light received by the 1 m2 surface, since the unity of light...