I almost put this in Square's thread but I didn't want to hijack.
I read a couple threads elsewhere about "film vs. digital" and among lots of discussion I didn't understand, I got the impression that digital cameras can shoot in far less light. Is that so? How much less are we talking here? I read here that shooting at night is expensive and difficult (I guess from all the lighting work?) unless you do day for night.
Which leads me to another question, how good has day for night gotten? Are there any movies I should watch where I'd be surprised it was shot day for night? Or is it still like the 70s, when it was always pretty obvious?
I was bummed to hear it's so much more trouble shooting at night is all, so I'm curious if digital might wind up changing that.
I'm also curious what people here think of film vs. digital. I'd love to see some examples of movies shot on digital that look as good as film but Wikipedia wasn't much help. All the examples seemed pretty limited (e.g., it said Book of Eli used digital all over the place, then threw it all out and used film instead).
I read a couple threads elsewhere about "film vs. digital" and among lots of discussion I didn't understand, I got the impression that digital cameras can shoot in far less light. Is that so? How much less are we talking here? I read here that shooting at night is expensive and difficult (I guess from all the lighting work?) unless you do day for night.
Which leads me to another question, how good has day for night gotten? Are there any movies I should watch where I'd be surprised it was shot day for night? Or is it still like the 70s, when it was always pretty obvious?
I was bummed to hear it's so much more trouble shooting at night is all, so I'm curious if digital might wind up changing that.
I'm also curious what people here think of film vs. digital. I'd love to see some examples of movies shot on digital that look as good as film but Wikipedia wasn't much help. All the examples seemed pretty limited (e.g., it said Book of Eli used digital all over the place, then threw it all out and used film instead).