{"id":7383,"date":"2009-09-12T18:05:35","date_gmt":"2009-09-13T01:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/?p=7383"},"modified":"2024-06-25T13:45:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T20:45:36","slug":"new-york-and-miami-switch-to-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2009\/09\/new-york-and-miami-switch-to-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;New York&#8217; And &#8216;Miami&#8217; Switch To Digital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>CSI: New York<\/em> and <em>CSI: Miami<\/em> will create new episodes using digital cameras, but <em>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation<\/em> continues to use 35mm film.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, television series were created using 35mm film. However, many new and returning shows are opting to switch to digital camera systems. The shift to all-digital production is one way for networks to cut costs. Of the three <em>CSI<\/em> series, only <em>Miami<\/em> and <em>New York<\/em> have opted to make the change. <em>CSI<\/em> considered switching but ultimately decided to stick with 35mm film. &#8220;This is really the season that will flesh it all out,&#8221; <em>New York<\/em> cinematographer <span style=\"color: yellow;\">Marshall Adams<\/span> told <a class=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/digitalcontentproducer.com\/\">Millimeter<\/a>. &#8220;It all depends on how things go this year with shows like ours, about whether or not producers of up-and-coming shows will lean toward digital acquisition going forward or fight to stay with film.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The decision for <em>CSI: NY<\/em> to switch to digital was up in the air until July 1 of this year, Adams revealed. <em>Miami<\/em> did some tests for an episode last season, but Adams thought there was a chance <em>New York<\/em> would stick with 35mm. &#8220;For whatever reason, the trigger was given to switch, and we had done lots of research by then,&#8221; Adams explained. &#8220;It became clear to me that the [Arriflex D-21] and the F35 were the most filmlike cameras available.&#8221; Using the F35 allowed the show to continue filming with 35mm lenses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But what really helped a lot was incorporating new wireless [IDX CW-5HD] transmitters, which allow us to [view imagery] wirelessly all the time on set,&#8221; the director of photography continued. &#8220;We can record on board the camera and have the [digital imaging technician (DIT)] monitor the wireless signal and send it to us so that we can all watch it on beautiful HD monitors without a bunch of wires. Shooting in S-LOG format, we can really tell color and exposure range, and maybe push the limit a little more than on REC709, a linear digital recording format.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was also an issue getting our camera operators used to the camera&#8217;s viewfinder and not being able to rely on them to see the image detail as well as they used to in the eyepiece,&#8221; Adams added. &#8220;They had to relinquish a little bit of responsibility for focus and small things in the frame. We had to deal with that ourselves on the HD monitor, but we&#8217;re getting used to that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The original article is from <a class=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/digitalcontentproducer.com\/cameras\/revfeat\/format_wars_0909\/index.html\">Millimeter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CSI: New York and CSI: Miami will create new episodes using digital cameras, but CSI:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2906,2907,2908],"tags":[2927],"class_list":["post-7383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-csi-lv","category-csi-m","category-csi-ny","tag-adams"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsphere-slider-full":"","newsphere-featured":"","newsphere-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"Rachel","author_link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/author\/rachel\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/categories\/csi-lv\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/categories\/csi-m\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSI: Miami<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/categories\/csi-ny\/\" rel=\"category tag\">CSI: New York<\/a>","tag_info":"CSI: New York","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7383"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67215,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7383\/revisions\/67215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}