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dave walsh · 8th Feb 2019, 2:05 am

I, relatively recently, asked why mobile phone footage, which is a vertical strip and often relates to very serious matters, couldn't be presented as 16:9 for example? There were lots of negative answers, non of which I understood. Some people didn't seem to even grasp the question. I posted recently that it's now been confirmed that you can look round the corner in a photo [as per the fictional Blade Runner film ] using now established scientific techniques. Anything should be, or probably is possible now!

Yes you do get imperfections on a 50" screen but if it's something you've archived for decades you don't care. It's wonderful to view it warts and all. This is what pedantic, purist, perfectionists can't ever grasp. There is a principle in Social Work [Family Therapy] that applies to technical advances as well. It's "Content Not Process". This means don't get bogged down in detail. Look at the message not the medium to invert Professor Marshall McLuhan's famous observation.

Dave

8th Feb 2019, 2:05 am	#30
dave walsh Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ramsbottom (Nr Bury) Lancs or Bexhill (Nr Hastings) Sussex. Posts: 5,817	Re: Aspect ratio I, relatively recently, asked why mobile phone footage, which is a vertical strip and often relates to very serious matters, couldn't be presented as 16:9 for example? There were lots of negative answers, non of which I understood. Some people didn't seem to even grasp the question. I posted recently that it's now been confirmed that you can look round the corner in a photo [as per the fictional Blade Runner film ] using now established scientific techniques. Anything should be, or probably is possible now! Yes you do get imperfections on a 50" screen but if it's something you've archived for decades you don't care. It's wonderful to view it warts and all. This is what pedantic, purist, perfectionists can't ever grasp. There is a principle in Social Work [Family Therapy] that applies to technical advances as well. It's "Content Not Process". This means don't get bogged down in detail. Look at the message not the medium to invert Professor Marshall McLuhan's famous observation. Dave Last edited by dave walsh; 8th Feb 2019 at 2:17 am.