Does modern 35mm match up to 60s 65mm?

[Pyoko]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

I still love the look of the Genesis in the right hands also the Sony CineAlta HDW-F900 or the
Thomson VIPER

I started watching Sons of Anarchy last week, shot on the Genesis at first, and while the noise makes it unmistakably digital and the highlights clip a bit much, the overall look is fantastic.

I jumped ahead a bit to spot-check the last season after they switched to the Alexa and it looked much worse, but I think most of that is because they also changed to the awful, generic "modern" desaturated/low-contrast/beige look with pallid skintones.

In general I quite like the Alexa, as when treated right the colors, dynamic range and noise can make it look surprisingly filmlike, certainly more so than RED (haven't had the chance to work with any Sony material though.) RED are pushing the Ks because that's the one thing they can compete with in terms of image quality. But I've worked with a lot of 5 and 6K material and often it seems there's barely half that amount in terms of actual image detail anyway.