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ummm...why exactly do you feel the vx can't be beat? That just doesn't even make sense to me. It produces lesser video quality, therefore it can't be beat � Now, I'm not saying it looks bad - that would be idiotic - but it just doesn't make sense why'd you'd prefer to see the same skate clip but in a lower resolution. I think some of you just need to hop off the nostalgia train. It's time to move on
There is a time and place for everything, Cali school yards look great in HD with a cliche slomo dolly shot, but something about skating fast though traffic just doesn't look right in HD, at least not as right as it looks on a Vx1.
Most Hollywood films are still shot on Film, while they make HD cameras now that can produce a almost identical image, why do they do that? because it gives you a look you just cant exactly get with Digital Video, you can come close but not spot on. should they get off the nostalgia train too?
You have to be kidding...
As for the second part of your post
"Most Hollywood films are still shot on Film, while they make HD cameras now that can produce a almost identical image, why do they do that? because it gives you a look you just cant exactly get with Digital Video, you can come close but not spot on. should they get off the nostalgia train too?"
1. I don't think you've been paying attention dude. More and more big budget Hollywood movies are shooting on digital since the advent of RED cameras and the Arri Alexa. For mainstream movies, shooting on film will be very rare by 2020. The major studios are pretty much trying to make all the directors use these cameras because you can't shoot 3D natively on film, you have to post convert it. Also, there's a lot less actual work involved when you shoot digital. They basically just want to save time and money.
2. The film vs video argument is not even close to being the same thing as the HD vs VX argument. Super 35mm has a resolution of around 5k and regular 35mm film has a resolution of around 4k. That's the same exact thing digital cinema cameras shoot. And don't even get me started on IMAX, there is no digital format that's even comparable to the quality that puts out. I get the point of what you were trying to say and I'm not trying to correct you or anything but what I'm basically saying is, shooting on film is practical in the sense of getting high quality images. There is no practical purpose for using a low resolution camera that was created in the 90s. When you shoot on vx at this point you're basically doing it for nostalgia. HD footage has higher quality than SD footage, period. This isn't even debatable.
With that being said, I don't even mind seeing VX footage. I don't care what someone chooses to film with as long as it looks good.