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Bill Brandenstein
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1632
From: California
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted September 08, 2015 11:42 PM
Analog is so hard to get right. Graham, I got to see this in Imax twice, sitting in the middle of the room about 40% of the way back from the screen both times: first in 2K digital, in Denver, and the sound was one of the best theater sound systems I've ever heard. The huge pixels were annoying but ultimately didn't ruin the experience. Second was at Universal City in 70mm, where the sound was loud but not as sweet or extending as low as in Denver, but the picture was unbelievable. We knew we were seeing something that no other type of theater on earth could deliver.
The differences in mastering between the two formats were very surprising to me. As in, the differences were significant and not necessarily well-matched, though at times they were. That they were ever mismatched is what surprised me.
We've also watched it once on Blu-ray and I didn't notice any flickering, though now that makes me curious if it isn't imperfections from the negative. I hope not. Usually I'd notice this.
In every case, the old adage is true: the devil is in the details.
The many complaints about flickering in the comments at the listed article site makes me concerned that people are so used to flickerless digital images, that even a 3-bladed shutter is no longer acceptable to the eye. The days of the "flick" are over. Sad.
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Rob Young.
Phenomenal Film Handler
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From: Cheshire, U.K.
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted September 10, 2015 02:00 PM
Bill, with the greatest respect, I'm not sure which version you preferred...the Imax film version, or the Imax digital version and would greatly appreciate your evaluation.
I think any image flicker in a professional auditorium is potentially an intrinsic problem with the light source, film or digital?
Maybe, in the next few years, laser light sources can put this issue to rest.
Shutter flicker is one thing, but at least it is constant.
Varying flicker, as in changing density of image, seems to be the main complaint amongst some Imax critics.
That is usually due to a "flickering" lamp house, film, or digital?
What concerns me this; is the "flicker" in the Blu-ray transfer of the Imax images a mastering issue, or a capture issue?
Surely this can't be a negative issue...someone with knowledge of this please reassure me...
[ September 10, 2015, 04:28 PM: Message edited by: Rob Young. ]
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