Has anyone noticed an increasing trend of movies leaning toward low contrast. It seems directors are getting caught up in this natural lighting trend where subjects are lit with very subdued lighting. This is true for either dark scenes or bright outdoor scenes. I have an LP350 and while I'm still relatively satisfied with the projector, I feel with it's lower contrast capabilities, it's not up to the task.
In overall dark scenes with this type of lighting I struggle to resolve a subjects face properly, other times when a subject is back-lit by a bright background such as the sky I again struggle to see the subject very well. The latter also has the affect of closing down your iris making the subject appear too dark.
When directors choose to provide stronger highlighting or accent lighting on their subjects everything is hunky-dory and life is great. It doesn't't matter weather it's a dark scene or a bright scene, when the subject is properly lit viewing is a pleasure.
I still go the theater to watch movies and I can tell when a particular film is going to give me grief on the projector. because it's almost giving me grief at the theater. These films when viewed at home on a CRT RPTV with the CRT's capabilities of dynamic gain (for lack of the proper term) these movies can be made to look very good. But digital projectors are closer in principle to projected film than are CRTs and, for what I call, dynamic gain is'nt possible, so if it's giving me grief at the theater I suspect this may also be plaguing other digital projectors. I haven't had the chance lately to review these types of movies on the newer generation digital projectors so I'm curious if anyone has noticed this phenomena and comment on what they are seeing with their projectors.
Hey, maybe it's just me
In overall dark scenes with this type of lighting I struggle to resolve a subjects face properly, other times when a subject is back-lit by a bright background such as the sky I again struggle to see the subject very well. The latter also has the affect of closing down your iris making the subject appear too dark.
When directors choose to provide stronger highlighting or accent lighting on their subjects everything is hunky-dory and life is great. It doesn't't matter weather it's a dark scene or a bright scene, when the subject is properly lit viewing is a pleasure.
I still go the theater to watch movies and I can tell when a particular film is going to give me grief on the projector. because it's almost giving me grief at the theater. These films when viewed at home on a CRT RPTV with the CRT's capabilities of dynamic gain (for lack of the proper term) these movies can be made to look very good. But digital projectors are closer in principle to projected film than are CRTs and, for what I call, dynamic gain is'nt possible, so if it's giving me grief at the theater I suspect this may also be plaguing other digital projectors. I haven't had the chance lately to review these types of movies on the newer generation digital projectors so I'm curious if anyone has noticed this phenomena and comment on what they are seeing with their projectors.
Hey, maybe it's just me