Comments by "Jason Dashney" (@jasondashney) on "Film: the reason some of the past was in HD" video.

  1. I don't think you get what the "soap opera effect is". It's not "just too darm smooth and fluid". The human eye doesn't see in 60hz. We see in blur, so when you film at a shutter speed high enough that you see a series of pretty crisp images that you combine to make motion, it looks "off" because it IS. It's not how the human eye works. 24fps is way, way closer to the human eye and therefore is more "smooth", "fluid", whatever you want to call it. Slowly wave your hand in front of your face while keeping your eyes still. You still have blur. It's not "buttery smooth". It's fucking gross and I don't think I've ever heard anybody else claim it was smoother. You completely ignored shutter angle, which ENTIRELY accounts for any film lack of "smoothness". When shot properly, film will always look smoother because it much more closely resembles how human eyes work. Jesus, now you are wrong about conversion IQ as well. A Full HD frame is TWO megapixels. There are zero film stocks that didn't have 2 MP resolution. A 4k frame is still only an 8MP still image, so it's still not yet at the capability of 35mm film.
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