...marking the end of an era for him (he seems to have been one of the last film holdouts). Here's the story from The Hollywood Reporter:After dozens of films and NINE Oscar nominations, cinematographer Roger Deakins is going digital.
Considered one of the pre-eminent directors of photography by his peers, he has remained committed to shooting on film through such movies as No Country for Old Men and True Grit, dismissing many of the images shot in recent years with digital cameras as "rubbish."
Although many independent filmmakers were quick to adopt digital cinematography because it can be cheaper, for a master of the art like Deakins, it's been a question of aesthetics: To his eye, digital has not always captured the richness of film.
But with the rapid advancements in digital cinematography, Deakins is becoming a convert. He shot his most recent film, Andrew Niccol's Now, using the new Arri Alexa digital camera. And as he prepares to shoot the next James Bond movie, which Sam Mendes will direct this year, he tells The Hollywood Reporter, "I'm probably going to use Alexa on my next shoot — it seems very likely."
