I was reading an article the other day about movies, how they shoot on 35mm film, post digitally, then print back to film. Some TV shows are shot that way, also. Anybody care to comment on this and why they still shoot film while still photographers mostly are 100% digital? I've heard that it's the highlight response that the movie folks don't like about digital cameras. That is an issue I've had with still cameras, too. It seems other photographers don't see it or care.

Doug

I was reading an article the other day about movies, how they shoot on 35mm film, post digitally, then print back to film. Some TV shows are shot that way, also. Anybody care to comment on this and why they still shoot film while still photographers mostly are 100% digital? I've heard that it's the highlight response that the movie folks don't like about digital cameras. That is an issue I've had with still cameras, too. It seems other photographers don't see it or care.

Doug

This is far from true. Who is buying all the film?

As per the other question, film is still the best way of archiving images. The other day I visited my daughter's work. They do some subcontracting for the film industry including all restoration and archiving for Sony Films. Everything, after it is restored digitally, whether film or television, is converted to (or back to) film for archiving.

My apologies on the 100% remark (it's an often heard phrase by many photographers). I had just read a depressing article about Kodak possibly shutting down their film operations. The main stream media does make it sound like film is history. I use film and love it, but I'm the butt of much ridicule at work because of that. (I hung a bunch of prints in my cubical and it's generated conversation.)

I hadn't thought about the archiving, that's a very good reason. But still, I'm kind of interested on reasons why scenes are originally captured on film, rather than on Sony CineAlta or Viper cameras.

Doug

Film still looks more natural than digital video. The major TV dramas are shot on film as well.