Is 1080p being shot more often than 720p?

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rc444

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Is 1080p being shot more often than 720p these days?

This is a hard question to ask, but I'm just curious, what *is* the predominant HD format that things are being shot on? I'm interesting in what the current trends are.

Also, are many films being shot on 1080i??? Or is interlace declining? A lot of new cameras coming out are leaning toward being progressive. There seems to be a stigma attached to 1080i, or, at least a preference for progressive over 1080i.

rc444
 
It really depends on what you are talking about... Are you talking about just professional stuff (we'll say, TV shows, spots, movies, and corporate videos, maybe even throw in weddings since they are normally paid...) or professional and consumer stuff? I am guessing that you mean professional, so I'll go with that! I would say that 720p is probably still more popular than 1080, but 1080 is getting very popular as more and more professional cameras are offering that. I know that many people would say that all these Sony cameras that shoot 1440x1080 are 1080p, but they are not true 1080p. So what you consider that, there are probably 20x more 720p cameras than 1080p.

As someone who likes to do motion graphic work, interlacing is an annoying format to work in and I will be happy when it finally dies.

Matthew
 
Interlace is dead as far as filmmaking goes, at least by anyone who has any manner of budget. Can't think of any mainstream director who ever shot interlace, for that matter. It's no so much that it's "dead" as that it never was alive for filmmaking purposes.
 
i know fox just switched to a 1080 standard so on the professional level i think that 1080 will become more dominant.

i like, when HDD space isn't an issue, to shoot 1080 and edit in 720. that way you can zoom in/crop a shot in post.

for other studio stuff where we're shooting for hours we tend to shoot in 720, but we'll probably move up to 1080 as storage becomes more affordable.
 
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