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		rokweom on April 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are movies so dark these days? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure film has a higher dynamic range than digital SDR video? From a quick google search, 13 stops for film vs 6 stops for SDR. Obviously the stock that was used for final delivery to theaters was much worse than the stock that movies were shot on, but still.

atoav on April 1, 2023 | [–]

I was mostly talking about display and projection technology.

That aside: Any commonly used digital cinema camera today has 13+ stops of dynamic range without even considering any special HDR modes.

asimpletune on April 1, 2023 | [–]

They were talking about display tech

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