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ok is 24p a dying film recording style

Jun 1, 2006 2:20AM PDT

Ok I have been hearing that 24p is dying and HD is killing it, is that true? In that case if I stick with the dvx would it be obsolete very soon?

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24p
Jun 1, 2006 1:31PM PDT

If 24p is dying, that means film is dying. People have been making movies with film for over 100 years. I don't think its going anywhere.

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Agree about film...
Jun 1, 2006 2:31PM PDT

And what does DVX have to do with film? First off, film can have double or triple the resolution of HighDef, so film won't be going away in our lifetime. Yes, for movies HD video is a very attractive medium because of it's convenience, but film has way more resolution and has much more sensitivity to light (meaning everything doesn't need to be flooded with light), so film allows a much better, much more subtle way of shooting pictures. And DVX is a compressed video format suitable for low-quality video on the web or for making DVDs, so I'm not sure what that has to do with film. Maybe I'm missing something.Happy

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24p
Jun 1, 2006 3:04PM PDT

I think the question was about 24p.
The whole reason to shoot in 24p is to achieve the "film look" and to make the transfer to film.
Films are shot in 24fps.
The DVX can shoot in 24p.
The DVX uses mini-dv which is not compressed.
I think your exaggerating when you say the DVX shoots low-quality footage suitable for the web.
Last time I checked, most tv shows are still broadcast in standard def, the very same resolution the DVX shoots.
Last time I checked, the vast majority of dvds are standard def also.
The DVX is very suitable for indie films and documentary work.
Especially if you want to shoot in 24p, which brings us back to the question at hand.

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I was incorrect
Jun 2, 2006 3:15AM PDT

I was thinking of something else in my reply to DVX.

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Film is dying.
Jun 2, 2006 1:13AM PDT

A recent article in PC Mag points out that most film these days winds up, at some point, in digital format. It is simply a lot cheaper, a lot faster, and offers a lot more capability to work with digital images. That doesn't say that film is out yet. However, its claimed advantages are lost when it is converted to a digital form. Many are beginning to capture their images in a digital format.

That, of course, does not mean that the film 'look' is dead. That remains to be seen. If memory serves me correctly, the Canon HD camera has a 24p option. I don't recall if the Sony camera has this.

Someone investing for the future should clearly be looking to HD. SD is today's technology, and is likely to fade rapidly.