Posted by Jedibat at cx816302-f.fed1.sdca.home.com on September 01, 2001 at 03:36:53:
In Reply to: The "original 1.66"? posted by Vincent on September 01, 2001 at 02:53:25:
damn. now I feel stupid. I knew that, but it was a subconsious thing.
Maybe I thought that just because the packaging says 1.66:1.
When you shot it, did you intend to show it at 1.5:1?
Jeff
: 1.66:1 isn't the "original". 16mm has a 1.37:1 aspect ratio. 1.5:1 was used to cover up the slightly rounded edges of the film frame, which isn't perfectly straight top and bottom or perfectly "sharp" but rather a little blurry, and give the frame a nice, hard edge.
: Vincent