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brendude13 on 24 August 2012
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NiKKoM said:
brendude13 said:

So it's only 4k if it uses an aspect ratio close to 4:3 that covers the whole film? And the film won't have a horizontal resolution equivelant to around 3840? The resolution is still much higher than 1080p and closer to 4k and I've heard that it can vary throughout a film, so wouldn't it still benefit from being remastered at that resolution? I've also heard that any IMAX film will have more quality than 4k.

Well IMAX is a different story that's a 70mm film and the resolution would be much greater then 4k.. thing is that it's incredible expensive..
And no the horizontal resolution equalivant wouldn't be 3840 cause.. older 35mm film has up to 3000 lines while newer 35mm film can have in excess of 4000 lines.. only movies shot at Super 35mm could come close to 3840.. most movies also have the soundtrack on it so even when you have a newer 35mm film it cuts a lot of lines..

But the normal film the resolution is much higher than 1080p but since the old movies are already having a lot of trouble getting a good 1080p version (original Star Wars) because of the quality of the 35mm reels.. they used chemical, so over time it will be affected and degrade the image quality..
So it's a bit tricky to remaster old movies to 4k movies.. and probably a more costly thing then 2k..

but you are right if you had a fresh super 35mm completly uneffected by time it would be benefitial to remaster them at 4K...

So IMAX is expensive, but many recent films have still used it right and would benefit from being remastered at 4k? What would the horizontal resolution be of a film from the 60's and a film from the 00's, complete with the soundtrack? You said it wouldn't come close to 3840, but wouldn't anything over 3000, still closer to 4k than 1080p, still be worth the remaster?

As for films degrading over time, how easy is it to restore them? After seeing how great the Bond films looked in 1080p, I assumed that anything from the 80's or later wouldn't have suffered enough for it not to be worth remastering in 4k.

Sorry for all the questions, I don't know much about film.

EDIT: I see why you mentioned Super 35 and posted those pictures because the soundtrack is missing on that one.