replies re:IMAX and famous people

[crhs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Centennial Science Dept.)]

Thanks for all your replies to my posting, especially to Andrew Woods. By
the way, it was Lincoln Kamm who visited the Sony studios, not I. My
comments and questions were merely inspired by his.

I did take my class to Montreal's IMAX production of Wings of Courage, and
was quite disappointed. They are still using the non-folding plastic
polarizing spectacles (I think these must be the ones that Reel 3D
advertises at about $2 a pair in bulk), and although for low-contrast
scenes the effect was good, ghosting was unavoidable, and quite severe in
scenes which involved brilliant white snow behind/next to dark rocks and
clothing. I can really understand the advantage of the LCD shutter glasses,
despite the cost. I think I may also have been issued a slightly warped
pair of glasses, which still left a ghost with the right eye, when no
ghosting existed with the left. Luck of the draw, I guess.

I'll have to ask around to see if they use the LCD glasses at the Omnimax
theatre in Hull, Quebec (Museum of Civilization, across the river from
Ottawa). That's about 120 miles from here.

Thanks again,

Brian Mason


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