Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004
posted January 03, 2018 06:35 AM
I saw a digital screening of 'Murder' yesterday and was struck by its impressive visual qualities. I must admit that I had no idea until afterwards that it was filmed on 65mm and there have been some 70mm screenings. It's now too late to see it at the Leicester Square Odeon, but you might like to see this short in which a projectionist there compares 70mm to digital. Odeon must be finding 70mm profitable! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oQ_HWTTvXI
posted January 03, 2018 07:05 AM
That was very interesting: a new multiplex opened in Oxford at the end of November, and one of the screens will be used only for showing 35mm, so film is not dead yet.
Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004
posted January 03, 2018 07:59 PM
Even as a film 'nut', I'd have to concede that you never normally have focus issues with digital projection. A digital projectionist doesn't usually focus anything, as that would usually be done by a visiting technician when a new projector is installed. Unfortunately 35mm projectionists often failed to provide the attention to detail needed to showcase what film is capable of; I recall often seeing part but not all of the picture in focus. Hopefully that's less applicable now, in relation to those still projecting 35mm and 70mm.
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From: Johnshaven Village , Montrose, Scotland
Registered: Jan 2015
posted January 04, 2018 03:24 AM
Adrian I agree with you fully regarding the focusing issue. Things got a helluva lot worse with the coming of Twins, Triples and Multiplexes.
The projectionist could no longer be confined to his machine to make such focus adjustments right away.
One problem for Digital operators is that they may forget to swing the 3D filter in front of the lens at the start of the movie and forget to swing it out of the way for a normal 2D show resulting in loss of light.
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