zlfan Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 is 15-stop dr easier to win a Oscar than 11-stop dr? IronFilm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emanuel Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 29 minutes ago, zlfan said: is 15-stop dr easier to win a Oscar than 11-stop dr? ? No, but DR can help. I don't understand any connection with the resolution mantra, though. Resolution is anything useful we want, just not this. It's like comparing engine displacement with horsepower. Immediate equivalence sounds pure nonsense. zlfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatstoomuchjam Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Of course not, though if working with minimal time and delivering in 4k, 6k or 8k can be nice for framing a bit wide and then pulling multiple angles out in the edit. I hear it can also be nice for pulling a key, though I very rarely need to do that. I also watched a BTS video of some National Geographic stuff the other day. Their videographer was using some form of DSMC2 with a Canon 50-1000. I'd be surprised if it weren't an 8k model. Reframing from 8k seems like a great option there too. Regardless, the industry has been pretty lethargic to care about 8k or 12k. To this date, vendors are announcing 6k cameras and people are happy for them. How were sales of the OG UMP12K? Judging by how many I've ever seen in use or credited for being used in something, I'm going to guess "extremely poor." There were too many other drawbacks for most people to be excited for it. Does more DR make the image better? No. But in uncontrolled lighting, it can make a noticeable difference in what's captured. As always, a mediocre camera with an expert operator is going to be better than the world's best camera with a clueless operator. If you're on the sort of big production with the support system to make the DP look good enough to win the oscar, there's a good chance you're shooting on Arri. You also probably have an entire support crew dedicated to stuff like laying down dolly tracks and a couple of dozen people whose only job is setting up the lights in a place where you say. Once the budget is that big, the price of Arri purchase or rental seems insignificant. zlfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Although I appreciate the snark of this post, there's no evidence that a 4K image makes your film more Oscar worthy than a 2K image... so... zlfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Or more to the point, any data show that leather shoes helps to win Oscar more or easier than fabric or faux-leather? If we're going to talk about what matters, at least let's start asking the right questions. eatstoomuchjam, zlfan and mercer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlfan Posted June 8 Author Share Posted June 8 On 6/5/2024 at 8:55 PM, kye said: Or more to the point, any data show that leather shoes helps to win Oscar more or easier than fabric or faux-leather? If we're going to talk about what matters, at least let's start asking the right questions. hahaha. you have the humor. kye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlfan Posted June 8 Author Share Posted June 8 I have been watching a 80 gb blade runner 2049 rendition. very very beautiful. sharp enough. it was shot on Alexa mini, xt, studio. the highest resolution is 3.4k for these cams. of course, the master primes are sharp. I put a cp2 50mm f2 on a f3. the final footage looks sharp enough. I guess for normal scenarios, 4k is enough. for aerial, wildlife, space, yeh, more resolution makes sense. yeh, dr helps in uncontrolled situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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