Why do the edges of newer films blur?
I frequently find the edges (maybe 10 to 15% on the left and right sides) blur in newer movies. When I say newer, I mean movies not from the eighties or nineties but the last couple of decades. I assume it has something to do with films shot digitally. I’ve seen this on multiple TVs, mine are between 55 and 75″ 4K HDR using a 4K UHD Blu-Ray player but I’ve also seen it on streaming services and in theaters. Unfortunately I don’t have an example on hand.
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Right now, because digital cinema cameras are so detailed and sharp, it’s in-style for cinematographers to use really old ‘vintage’ lenses that tend to be softer / more out of focus generally to sort of compensate for that artistically.
These older lenses tend to be especially soft at the edges, never achieving perfect focus there.
If they wanted to, they could use modern, sharp lenses that didn’t do this. It’s basically an aesthetic choice.
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