Re: Master and Commander AR

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
George Shelps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
[snippage]
>I'm not sure what the benefit of Super
>35 really is from an exhibition standpoint
>except to fill the larger screens of the
>newer megaplexes.

???

Super 35 doesn't do _anything_ for the exhibitor.  The s35 camera
negative is optically printed through an anamorphic lens to create
(possibly several intermediate elements later) a print which can
be shown with standard CinemaScope projection lenses.

The major advantages of s35 are on the production side:  smaller,
lighter, cheaper camera lenses; lack of artifacts which would
normally be introduced by anamorphic camera lenses; and extra
information on the negative which can be used to make a reasonable
4:3 (aka 1.33:1) TV version.

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