Re: Eclair Cameras: angenieux 16-44

[Mark <super16acl@aol.com>]

The Angie 17 - 68 will just manage to cover S-16. It isn't though, in my 
opinion, sharp enough for blowup to 35mm with modern color film stocks. In color 
tests that I ran on 7245, I found that at T2.8, wide shots didn't seem sharp. 
Extreme close-ups weren't awful - but not "Zeiss" crisp (this test was viewed 
projected in S-16, not blown up).  

I once used this lens to make some close-ups in S-16 B&W that was blown up to 
35mm and these shots looked ok intercut with shots made with sharp primes, 
but B&W negative is inherently less sharp than modern color films, and so I 
assume that B&W is more forgiving of a softer lens ---  (Plus-X negative and 
Double-X negative have not been reformulated since the late 1950s) --- but I leave 
it to the guys who know more about optics to confirm or deny that. Mark.

PS - As a footnote, I was considering having a special batch of T-Max 
still-film emulsion coated on S-16 film, but Kodak wants a minimum of 3 dozen 400' 
rolls to do special orders. It is a shame that they don't just put a batch out 
there to see what happens. Even if it is not technically the same contrast as 
P-X or D-X,  there may be filmmakers who could accomodate with lighting design. 
T-MAX 100 would certainly be the finest grain motion picture negative film 
ever made, and should be compatible-enough with standard processing. But I guess 
there is no $ in it for Kodak.  I was at Kodak in Hollywood the other day 
picking up some film, and I made a surprised comment that the current price 
catalog hadn't been replaced in a year. The veteran person at the desk said 
cynically "Yeah, they're just waiting for a price increase so that the rest will 
desert us."

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