I was recently talking to a friend who runs a film production company. We chatted about the huge amount of archival footage he has amassed over the past 16 years.
One interesting thing he shared was that video quality advances so quickly that footage older than 8 years old is generally no longer usable on modern projects.
I found that astonishing since the last time I properly made video content was about 8 years ago on the Mississippi River. All of my footage filmed in Full HD 1080p is now considered old school in a world of 4k, 6k, and 8k footage. And 24 frames per second has now bee eclipsed by up to 120 fps for super slow motion shots.
It’s amazing how far you can fall behind on the latest state of the technology when you dip out of it for even a few years.