Tonight we viewed a few Christmas super 8s,
Trailers for,
Miracle on 34th Street, Home Alone,
Christmas ad reel (Ernest Solves Christmas, Deck the Halls and Muppet Christmas carol),
followed by,
Tom & Jerry the Night before Christmas, (French full version, English Sound),
Santa's Workshop,
Pluto's Christmas Tree
Madagascar penguins, Christmas Caper.
As it happens, viewing all of the above this evening was a good way to compare a new release with the usual prints from labs here from the 80s/90s and even 2000s from Derann with the penguins film.
The recent release Christmas trailer reel 1 also has that look of the new releases, the exception being The Muppet Christmas carol which, i have to say, does have the best of the contrast and colours, it has a few cinch lines near the end which is within the sourced material, but the quality is outstanding. The other two trailers are also good, but, (in my opinion) they do have that sort of grey look where it should be bright whites, and deep blacks, BUT, they still look good. The sound, like all the new releases, is outstanding from a digital source. I now get what you chaps who re-record are saying when you explain the difference it makes to re record. I just wish i could do it.
A fun evenings viewing and the first of several Christmas shows.
I will add the comparison images of the green preview screen later. It isn't criticism, its just me giving my honest opinion, while the Andec labs are welcome to still be dealing in real film, there is something they need to tweak to get the whites and blacks corrected in order to boost the contrast, you should not need to project in HID to get the correct contrast. (or modify them on phone or PC before putting up reviews ).