Avatar 2 will be shot in 5k (way more HD than HD)
So, your average, run-of-the-mill HD has a puny 1080 lines of vertical resolution. 5k, the new new thing, has... well, you guessed it, 5,000 lines of resolution. These camera come courtesy of RED, a small camera manufacturer which has been making a big splash as a better and cheaper alternative to traditional movie cameras (they have a lot in common with dSLRs, which have also been cutting into the traditional high-end territory).
James Cameron just picked up 50 RED Epic-M's (for a shiny $2.9 million, or as James Cameron understands it, lunch money) to shoot Avatar 2. As you can see, 5k is far higher resolution than "HD" - and clearly, there will be two of them shooting together to give you the real 3D which made Avatar stand out.
What does this mean? Expect higher resolution special editions to come out for years (decades?) to come, as your puny TV catches up with Mr. Cameron.
James Cameron just picked up 50 RED Epic-M's (for a shiny $2.9 million, or as James Cameron understands it, lunch money) to shoot Avatar 2. As you can see, 5k is far higher resolution than "HD" - and clearly, there will be two of them shooting together to give you the real 3D which made Avatar stand out.
What does this mean? Expect higher resolution special editions to come out for years (decades?) to come, as your puny TV catches up with Mr. Cameron.
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