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Post #1126911

Author
poita
Parent topic
1997 Star Wars Special Edition 35mm Project (a WIP)
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Date created
6-Nov-2017, 7:29 PM

Yes, the SE print is worse shot to shot than the IB prints.
It is clear that they were on a tight time and money budget with the SE, and spent more time on new shots than on colour timing and fixing issues.
The grade certainly wouldn’t have been accepted for a home video release.

As for polyester vs acetate, projectionists when poly films started appearing complained that the image was not as good, but I generally find the colour is better on poly than acetate.

As for dynamic range, it varies so much from print to print that I honestly couldn’t say one is better than the other. I’ve had poly prints with beautiful shadow detail and muddy acetate prints and vice-versa.
Poly tends to be more ‘clear’ vs the slight yellowing that many acetate films show.
As for this print, there seems to be plenty of detail in the shadows in some shots, and not in others, I think the limiting factor is the masters used, rather than the film stock of the print itself.