“Using film was so much easier than the digital technology of today. But digital is still at the beginning of what it can be and they'll be fixing all those problems. It's just too complicated - negatives, tinting, flashing - it's a whole new system that takes a lot of time. Of course, it's not as physical. Even the editing. You used to feed a piece of celluloid into an editor. [Digital] is not expensive and that is an advantage, but I must say that I don't love it.” StillsWholeProblemTodayFilmUsedCoursesTechnologyPiecesEasierAdvantageComplicatedExpensiveDigitalEditorsEditingFixingDigital TechnologyCelluloid Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I think that film is still an artform and it doesn't really matter if you're using a digital camera or a film camera.” IfsThinkingStillsMatterFilmCamerasDigitalDigital Cameras Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I like the film camera better because the film is still one hundred times better than any digital image at the moment. So, there are certain movies that you can't really do digitally.” StillsMomentsFilmCertainHundredCamerasDigital Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Even in manipulating the images, I would like to do my dailies in a digital way because you can do so many things in that stage that I cannot do in real photography.” WayRealCan DoStagePhotographyDigital Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I don't think there is any advantage to digital unless it's in a case like Slumdog Millionaire, where you have to get a shot and a big bulky film camera is out of the question.” ThinkingBigsFilmCasesShotsAdvantageCamerasDigitalMillionaireSlumdog Millionaire Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“If you need to strap a camera to you or get in a small space, then it makes sense to use digital.I do think it is possible to use a digital camera artistically, but it can only be good if you are using film technique. Film has grain, and digital has pixels, and there is not that much of a difference, but digital does not replace the need to create a scene and light it properly and spend time considering the shot.” IfsThinkingNeedsDoeUseLightFilmDifferencesSpaceSceneShotsCamerasBe GoodTechniqueMake SenseDigitalGrainConsideringEnd TimesSpend TimeSmall SpacesDigital CamerasPixels Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“There is a difference between creating something and just capturing something. And when we were using film, it was not that fast, and it was expensive, so there was incentive to make sure the shot was exactly right before we rolled. With digital, it's fast and its cheap, and it's easy to bypass the rest.” FilmEasyDifferencesCreatingShotsExpensiveDigitalIncentivesCreating SomethingBypass Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“There is something missing in a lot of digital filmmaking, something I call "poetic reality." That's something you see played out in film noir, where the technique establishes the mood.” RealityFilmMissingTechniqueMoodDigitalPoeticFilmmakingNoirFilm Noir Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I'm not really satisfied with the technology today. Using film was so much easier than the digital technology of today. But digital is still at the beginning of what it can be and they'll be fixing all those problems.” StillsProblemTodayFilmTechnologyEasierSatisfiedDigitalFixingDigital Technology Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“You used to feed a piece of celluloid into an editor. [Digital] is not expensive and that is an advantage, but I must say that I don't love it.” UsedPiecesAdvantageExpensiveDigitalEditorsCelluloid Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
