Chapter 18
Through a Glass Darkly: Camera and Lens
In This Chapter
• The difference between film, analog video, and digital video
• The effect of generation loss on the image
• Wide, normal, telephoto, and macro lenses
• Ways to view your image while you’re filming
Though we’ve been using the terms film and filmmaking to refer to moving images that might originate on either filmstock or videotape, it’s time to look at each of these a bit more closely.
I now need to be much more specific and precise in my terminology, so I will be distinguishing between film, analog video, and digital video (DV) in this chapter. I will use the term filmstock to designate unexposed Super8, 16mm, or 35mm film and videotape to refer to blank videotape, whether it’s ...
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