Re: [photo-3d] Re: digital vs film

["Norm in S.F." <normlehf@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe that the recent Technicolor prints were all made from Eastman
negatives. There is no way the 3-strip exposure system will be
resurected.

What was found in China was the last existing matrix printing line, I'll
bet.

Norm Lehfeldt

Herbert C Maxey wrote:
> 
> Actually there have been several releases using 3-strip. The reason is
> quality. Without boring the group, Technicolor can be a real bear to
> produce well, and even the release of Gone With the Wind, there were
> reports of registration problems with some release prints. Another
> stumbling block was the lack of Matrix Film, Eastman ran this special for
> Technicolor, probably the release material as well.
> 
> As for Technicolor's supposed reluctance to support the process, this is
> not true. Technicolor has everything to gain from its reemergence. They
> supported the process when reintroduced to a high degree. They found one
> of the few remaining Technicolor cameras in China, as I recall.
> Technicolor was as excited as the producers were to use this process.
> 
> It is all a matter of cost - each scene required multiple strips of black
> and white film running through the largest camera you ever saw. Loads of
> technical problems that most certainly must be a snap to fix, considering
> that the process was successfully used on hundreds of films as the
> process evolved through the years.
> 
> Bob