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As someone who began by shooting stills professionally, then moved into motion pictures (both fiction and documentary), and is now moving back towards concentrating on still images I can say that the mindset is nearly entirely different. While I can see how it would be tempting to extract still frames from motion picture sequences, for most events you simply approach the scene differently. While each has its strengths, what makes a good motion sequence (even one which you're going to frame grab later) isn't the same thing as a good still image.

 

Hi Mat,

 

 

I tend to agree. It's a headspace thing. I would rarely shoot both color and BW because they come from a different sensibility and approach. Much the same as pulling stills from moving images. I have always liked how still images from video look - as appropriated images - played with that a lot back in film school. But the process of shooting motion for stills - in a commercial arena is just too memory intensive and the quality is just not there yet. Personal use is a different matter - but the mindset problem is "still" there for me.

 

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I think the idea that still photography is dying and that movies will take over is ludicrous.

As a film editor, over the years I've gone through many millions and millions of feet of film and video and hardly ever seen a great still. With HDV being cheap and FCP on laptops many are making movies who couldn't have previously done so but to suggest that the still image is dead is simply daft or arrogant. I wouldn't give an HDV camera the time of day. gimme a Leica or a Hasselblad instead.

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Stnami Hi,

 

In previous post were you talking about time-lapse photogrpahy?

 

if so, I realize how you should go about this what I'm wondering though is what format do you use for this, is this medium size jpeg, or the format in which you wish to represent the final product, ie. could be any format ...?

 

You spoke about about 6 frames per second which would mean that for instance 12 frames per second would improve the "flow" or just the speed?

 

And then how about exposure, you still do automatic exposure, depending on the total capture time of all images to be used?

 

and then, if I do this with an M8, which is the only digital camera I have, doing several projects would wear out the shutter fast, taking 6 frames per second, 3 minute film is 1000 shots.... but then I shouldn't really have to worry about this would I, the camere is still under guarantee so that would solve any mishaps or malfunctionings.

 

Sorry for the overload of questions, just seems an intersesting excersize and obviouisly I know nothing about it .... yet.