[opendtv] Re: 625 video quality is good enough....

  • From: "Alan Roberts" <roberts.mugswell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:46:16 +0100

It does help, and that's what we have to do, and it removes one of the
artistic tools by forcing technical use of it. You wouldn't believe how many
times I've been through how and why it works with DoPs. That's the point,
few programme-makers in Europe appreciate that shooting with the wrong
lighting can cause flicker. I suspect the situation's much the same in the
US, but not in Japan.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 4:13 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: 625 video quality is good enough....


> At 3:54 PM +0100 10/20/04, Alan Roberts wrote:
> >No, it isn't an excuse, it's a practical, everyday problem for real
> >programme-makers. It's a problem I have to deal with often. Just remember
> >that an awful lot of programme-making is outside studio centres, in real
> >places with real lighting. Camera sensitivity is increasing steadily so
> >lighting levels are dropping, the days of specialist lighting are largely
> >gone for whole swathes of productions, for those people lighting flicker
is
> >a real problem, not an imagined one.
>
> Fair enough.
>
> Is there anything that can be done technically to deal with this
> issue. Would 50Hz electronic shuttering help?
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
>
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