deanb

actually Dean 4k=/= 4000. It's an approximation. There are several resolutions that can be approximated to 4K and they vary by several million pixels. 1080p is what we were doing when 4:2:2 resolution was good enough which is what we've switched away from. 4K is quite similar to celluloid and that's where the switch started to get heavy i.e. when Red Ones could give a similar feel as to films shot on film. Not to mention it got rid of several post production processes including h...

having DIs and some TKs done. There's also the fact that 'Cinema' runs at 24fps and occasionally at 30fps. There's the whole cinematic feel must be maintained at 24fps thing as opposed to the realistic feel of >60fps. James Cameron was thinking of doing 120fps. Weta Digital actually has a fair number of post processes that can handle that. However there's strong opposition as today we have an expectation of film and in some cases need to artifically add film grain even...

to clear digital shots. This is getting a fair bit too long so if someone wants to continue you can make a post and I'll respond there if anyone's curious