Talk:CinemaScope
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Since the proper, trademarked name is spelled with a capital S in the middle (CinemaScope) shouldn't that be the main page? A redirect could be made from Cinemascope to CinemaScope. --Jeremy Butler 01:04, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
- Done --KJBracey 20:47, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] CinemaScope is dead
Let there be no ambiguity about it. There are many films which are erroneously claimed to be CinemaScope, but they are in fact "modern" anamorphic films made with lens elements which adjust the anamorphism to keep it on the focus plane. Which is a Panavision design by Robert Gottschalk. The CinemaScope system was completely abandoned in 1967, and the lenses were retired. Many of them are now in the hands of collectors, but the fact is that you can't really use them anymore at any rate, because the lens mounts are obsolete. So please, no vague terms. The actual camera system known as CinemaScope and using the Bausch and Lomb lenses...no longer exists. Girolamo Savonarola 03:27, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Missing Picture
Does anyone know why this picture is missing? I have had 2 goes at trying to upload it as both Scope_image.jpg and Scope_Image.jpg. Neither work. Also: How do you make the pictures a little bigger? 86.134.123.38 16:34, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
- There is a clue here. I am actually signed in as I B Wright, yet only my IP address appears on the comment. 86.134.123.38 16:35, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
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- Cracked how to make them bigger. Still can't get the third one to work. I B Wright 16:51, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Lens Designation
Someone modified the Kowa Lens caption such that there was a claim that the 8Z was the same lens as the 16H. There is information on another discussion group that this is so (and probably the source of the claim). The 8Z had the same rear barrel diameter to the 16H and that was the limit of the similarity. The 8Z would have been totally unsuitable for use on a 16mm film camera (though it would have worked with small aperture telephoto lenses). It does not work well with most 16mm projectors (I've tried). Having seen both lenses for sale in the same shop, I can tell you that they are not the same at all. The 16H has a much larger front optic.
[edit] Henri Poutine?
The article on Henri Poutine says he invented the anamorphic widescreen process that led to CinemaScope, yet he's not mentioned in the article. Does anyone know why not? Too small a role, or what?(Don't ask me - I simply happened upon his article.) Lawikitejana 00:56, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
- Seems to be sneaky vandalism. Compare with Henri Chretien. In any case, I've AfD'd the article. Girolamo Savonarola 10:23, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
