Tyrphanax said:

I acknowledge that the change is a very small one, but it is not inconsequential; it completely flies in the face of a preservation effort when you make a change other than one to preserve the film, especially if that change is intended to alter the viewer's perception of the film.

Actually, it is the very definition of inconsequential! -- it's not a significant loss of picture. At 1916 x 812 of active picture it amounts to about 19 pixels completely blacked out in the upper left corner, 6 in the lower left, 4 in the upper right, and 9 in the lower right. That's 38 pixels out of 1,555,792 or 0.002%. That's two thousandths of a percent!