miffy495 Posted April 28, 2007 And the knowing what he's talking about prize goes to nsps! Well played indeed. Yes, all formats use the 1.37 frame (I'm ignoring 16mm and 70mm here, as the only time we run anything like that is special events and we use different projectors for them) and take up different amounts of space on it. The masking and aperture plates make everything better, but no matter what you're running there is a bit of loss of the top and bottom of the image. Yes, even with proper lenses and everything, there's still a tiny bit of room to adjust the timing should the need arise or the image be slightly out of frame when it starts running and in need of a quick fix. What you lose on a 1.66 compared to a regular 1.85 is actually pretty minimal. Thing with 1.66 is that they're usually subtitled, so you use that as your guide for determining exactly what is properly "in frame" for that particular movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
