| Re: 16:9 Screen Vs. 2.37:1 CIH Screen
While in theory this makes sense, the cost is so expensive for the lenses is it worth it?
I'll put it this way. When I zoom up and eliminate the slight black borders on my 10
foot wide screen while watching the HD DVD of "The Wild Bunch", it looks almost as a
35mm print shown on the same size with anamorphic lenses and at the same distance
of 15 feet from booth to screen. What size screen are you using for comparison and
is worth the cost of the lens to remove the black borders and use more of the pixel field.
One of the disadvantages of using any anamorphic lens is that you lose some resolution when you compress and expand the image which is why 70mm widescreen looks so much better than a 35mm
anamorphic print even when the 70mm print was optically enlarged from a 35mm negative.
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