Back in 2007 there weren't that many fancy digital cameras for aspiring cinematographer is to use, so usually the only options were either DV tape or film. This was a test originally to find out if you could get a Hollywood quality image from such a small negative, and in my opinion I think they did a pretty good job. I guess the only complaint I have is that it's not an HD because that way we would be able to see the detail better. It is very interesting to see, as an aspiring filmmaker, what the options were back in this time period before Blackmagic and Red were multi million dollar camera manufacturers .