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Author Topic: ATTN: Tomb Raider Focus Problem (UK) Andy Muirhead Master Film Handler Posts: 323 From: Galashiels, Scotland Registered: Dec 2000 posted 07-14-2001 03:09 PM                     Have any of you guy's noticed any problems with your prints of 'Tomb Raider'? We cannot get our's in pin sharp focus at all, just slightly out. One minute it seems to be in focus, and when the scene cuts, it is out again. Any of the guy's in the UK noticed any problems, as i believe we have a UK print.  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 07-15-2001 01:29 AM                     Our print (here in the USA) also had poor focus. Quite frankly, I thought it was just a cheap printing job, as no one wanted to spend very much for a totally forgettable film.  |  IP: Logged Phil Connolly Film Handler Posts: 80 From: Derby, England Registered: May 2000 posted 07-16-2001 02:39 PM                        Many scenes on the print I saw seemed very underexposed, which were then printed up (at least several stops). Resulting in grainy images with washed out blacks - nasty. Super-35 according to the imdb.  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 07-16-2001 08:36 PM                     Super 35 (by itself) does not automatically mean a poor picture... Look at "Titanic" for example. But, it does require more planning by the DP. I wish I saw one of the few 70mm "Titanic" prints. I heard the image quite good. And, if anything would reveal grain, I would think that a Super 35 blow-up to 70mm would.  |  IP: Logged Ben Stephenson Film Handler Posts: 29 From: Manchester, England Registered: Jan 2001 posted 11-17-2001 11:25 AM                    I didnt have any more than usual problems with the focus but we have big screens and it normaly very hard to focus  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 11-17-2001 01:57 PM                     I didn't notice a problem.  |  IP: Logged Michael Hunt Film Handler Posts: 63 From: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, UK Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-21-2001 09:47 AM                        We had Print No. DSD 304, and during its run here, I viewed one of our public screenings from the front row, and didn't notice any problems with focus, though I did feel that we were running it a little on the quiet side... One mobile phone call later and it sounded fine... ------------------ Uncle to JEDI Hunt, honest!  |  IP: Logged

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