I'm with 'Video Collector' on the whole rounded edges issue, but I understand the issues you've outlined above. The aim of this is afterall to preserve the 16mm experience, and having those unique rounded edges there - to me - preserves that 'old skool' 16mm screening experience.

I got a real nostalgic kick from those screen shots you posted earlier Puggo. One of my fondest Star Wars memories was my 7th Birthday in June, 1980. I hadn't seen the film yet at that point (that treat was to be a Star Wars/Empire double bill later on in the month which just absolutely BLEW my mind at that age, and was the first time I went to the cinema also!). MY parents arranged for a guy to come around to my Birthday party with a 16mm projector. I seem to recall we watched a few cartoons, but the real treat was the trailer for Empire. I think we got him to screen it several times and we were all sitting their open mouthed especially during the few shots of the walkers! Ahhh good days!

So thanks for rekindling those precious memories with those still captures, not to mention the prospect of actually being able to own 16mm capture at some point! That little kid inside of me is still sitting there open mouthed at those shots some 30 years later ;)

- John