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Author Topic: SMPTE RP-40 vs. Schneider CLT 2000 Philip Wittlief Film Handler Posts: 57 From: Chicago, IL Registered: May 2003 posted 07-24-2004 06:25 PM                        SMPTE RP-40 and Schneider CLT 2000 are both visual test films right? Is there any specific advantages of one over the other.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 07-24-2004 06:42 PM                        The SMPTE 35-PA (RP-40) has about equal areas of white and black, so heat effects like focus flutter are more representative of a release print. The Schneider test film has a high overall density, so it will be more sensitive in showing any heat issues. Both are very good test films, and each has its "fans". Kodak had a hand in producing both films. The SMPTE film was originally designed by Dr. Fred Kolb and Paul Preo of Kodak, working with SMPTE Projection Committee members like Glenn Berggren. When Schneider originally developed their film for THX to certify theatres for "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace", Kodak provided the B&W stock.  |  IP: Logged

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