Thanks poita!
It’s really silly how the 97 SE print looks better in every way from the 77 IB Tech in that shot, other than the glaring green sabre.
I beg to differ.
Yeah, the SE print looks quite a bit softer than the Tech, which makes sense since the SE went through at least one more film generation.
It actually isn’t really softer than the tech, the tech is softer in some places and the SE is softer in others, sometimes different areas are sharper on one or the other within the same frame.
The grain structure is different, but once you match the contrast settings on both, the SE in most cases has a better dynamic range, more shadow detail and in 90% of cases is just as sharp, which surprised me. The exception is the CGI shots, they are definitely soft.
The SE scan is still ‘flat’ at this stage, which is so we can capture all of the range of the film. Once you put the dynamics back in, it looks much, much sharper.