Deschanel acknowledges the importance of the organization staying in the technological forefront. “When the ASC was formed, motion picture cameras were basically Bell and Howell Cameras … 35-mm film was used to make movies,” he says. “That didn’t change for almost 100 years. The big changes that happened in the first 100 years were basically color, with first two-strip, then three-strip; then once color film was developed, the big changes had to do with speeds of film and grain and emulsion and things like that. Suddenly, in the last 15-20 years, with the evolution of digital technology, everything is changing.
Source: L.A. Times – Entertainment News