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Digital Cinematography
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Digital Cinematography

by David Stump
March 2014
Intermediate to advanced
459 pages
20h 31m
English
Routledge
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Chapter 2Camera Sensors

The Practical Differences Between Film and Digital Sensors

Figure 2.1 Cinematography is transitioning from film to digital.

Figure 2.1 Cinematography is transitioning from film to digital. Image courtesy of Tim Kang

The single best piece of advice that I can offer with regard to the difference between exposing film and exposing digital is this: It’s OK and sometimes desirable to slightly overexpose film, but it is not OK or advisable to overexpose digital unless that overexposure is exactly what you want!

Cinematographers have widely varying methodologies for determining an exposure: some simple; some convoluted. Film negative has enormous exposure latitude and is very forgiving of ...

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