torok on 08 September 2016
| Soundwave said: Again this old wive's tale. 35mm film resolves at HIGHER than 4K actually. That means even "old" movies shot in the 50s/60s/70s are "higher resolution" than even 4K. That's never been the issue. |
We lost quality when transitioning to digital. IMAX is a big example, they replaced the high quality 70mm films with digital copies and smaller venues, the actual single reason why we have IMAX theaters everywhere now.
Modern films are mostly 2K or, even when filmed in higher resolutions they use 2K DIs in the majority of cases: http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/ultra-hd-not-always-4k/. That's currently the biggest issue.
