Looking at the early adopters of HD cameras

“The Deluge” is one of five 34-minute pieces in“Going Forth” that are projected 7 feet high on four wallsof an 80-foot by 28-foot at the Deutsche Guggenheim Museum in Berlin,where it's the centerpiece of a high-definition video installation byAmerican artist Bill Viola called “Going Forth By Day.”

As Viola explains, “I conceived this as a walk-inmovie,” Viola said. “HD is a medium for projection. Icouldn't shoot this even on DigiBeta cam, let alone DV cam, and havethe images hold up when they're blown up so large.”

Read how film and video pioneers are using HD cameras to alter theworld of the moving picture.