On Wed, 29 May 2002 13:41:44 +0000 (UTC), snorwood@sockeye.com (Scott Norwood) wrote:

>In article <3cf5daee.4493266@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>,
>Neuman - Ruether wrote:
>>
>>I've always been amazed by the desire to emulate the look
>>of film with video - video does motion SO much better...
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>This is almost certainly a frame-rate issue, not a "film" or "video"
>issue. Watch "Oklahoma" in 30fps Todd-AO and you will be amazed at
>the clarity of motion. Even "This is Cinerama" (which the Bradford
>theatre runs at 26fps) is markedly better than 24fps film.

Yes, of course it is a frame-rate issue, but standard
NTSC shows 60 fields/second, standard film shows 24
frames/second - and the difference is painfully obvious
when viewing motion...