The Camera Department

[Jeff Coatney]

Saw this on a movie set last year and took a picture of it. I guess there's no way of replicating this level of quality with a compact flash card. It's a pity, I'll miss working with film.

[Tony Lorentzen]

I'm missing the point. Please enlighten me.

[albert rudnicki]

I think Jeff is being a bit sarcastic :)
no more gaffer tape...pity.

[chuck colburn]

I'd can that clapper/loader for leaving a mag laying about like that.

[Brent J. Craig]

I'd can that clapper/loader for leaving a mag laying about like that.

If you look closely it appears that the mag is on the step of a small vehicle, possibly a golf cart. I suspect the photo was snapped during a short-handed reload on some kind of traveling rig. We often use golf carts for long steadicam shots. Better to set stuff down than drop it trying to juggle.

I wouldn't recommend doing that with CF cards.

[Jim Hoffman]

It's just a question of time before someone finds the "missing" CF card in their pocket after they get home from a shoot.

[chuckt]

Saw this on a movie set last year and took a picture of it. I guess there's no way of replicating this level of quality with a compact flash card. It's a pity, I'll miss working with film.

I agree with you. what a simple medium. Once in can, you need not worry about uploading data to multiple networks, HDs, etc. No need to verify or reformat. That can can preserve a shoot for 100 years without any special handling. The frames can be be easily viewed with a magnifying glass and edited with a pair of scissors and scotch tape. Ah! what a simple, reliable wonderful indestructible unchanging medium. After 2013 you may not see them anymore. So sad. I can only reminisce about when the word can literally meant a can.

[Brent J. Craig]

I can only reminisce about when the word can literally meant a can.

True. Every time I 'check the gate' now I know that it could be the last. I have really come to appreciate the smell of a freshly opened can of film or the feeling of perfs in the dark.

Although sentimental about film, I'm also welcoming the switch to digital - on set backups of your footage, instant full-res checks, and finally the opportunity to use my highly-honed nerd skills at work!

[Tico Llaurador]

It's always good to bake your 5245 under the toasty one o'clock California sun to give it that li'l extra boost. 1-1/2 stops more latitude, guaranteed. Besides, you can always hang-out by the catering truck while it's cooking.

:clown2:

[Shawn Booth]

The frames can be be easily viewed with a magnifying glass and edited with a pair of scissors and scotch tape. Ah! what a simple, reliable wonderful indestructible unchanging medium.

Easily viewed after processing -

And film is nowhere near being indestructible -