I’ve been thinking about this recently. I’ve noticed many old music videos and television shows. Specifically old Beatles music videos and old Twilight Zone episodes have been remastered for Blu-ray with almost no imperfections whatsoever. My question is, how is it that something shot on 35mm film can looks so clear when transcribed to digital? How is it that it can project so large on a screen when the film itself is so tiny?
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Film is an emulsion of tiny silver halide crystals. When exposed and developed they create the image.
Silver halide crystals can be as dense as 25,400 per inch. So in a 35mm square of film you have roughly 35,000 x 35,000 ‘pixels’. With that much definition to start from 4k is a no brainer.
I’ve been thinking about this recently. I’ve noticed many old music videos and television shows. Specifically old Beatles music videos and old Twilight Zone episodes have been remastered for Blu-ray with almost no imperfections whatsoever. My question is, how is it that something shot on 35mm film can looks so clear when transcribed to digital? How is it that it can project so large on a screen when the film itself is so tiny?
Thank you
In: 7
Film is an emulsion of tiny silver halide crystals. When exposed and developed they create the image.
Silver halide crystals can be as dense as 25,400 per inch. So in a 35mm square of film you have roughly 35,000 x 35,000 ‘pixels’. With that much definition to start from 4k is a no brainer.
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