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Letter to the Editor
Derann Super 8 prints are still better then Blu-ray

Rodney Bourke
When I first saw Avatar in 3-D it was $16.50 last year now this year when I saw Tron it was
$18.50. Cinemas are just being greedy.
I was told by a Super 8 Collector who works in the cinema industry that all the Disney films
in 2D make more money than 3-D, because it cheaper for parents. I believe if 3-D was the
same price as 2D, only extra price for glasses then it would boom.
Also that even though were told by cinema staff that the cinema Digital projectors are 4K
resolution, but in fact there all using 2K, just that there up gradable to 4K. So in fact most
cinemas are showing resolution only twice as good as Blu ray and the general public are
being Duped.

I was at the Australian 3-D convention at Beechworth run by the Sydney Stereo Club &
Victorian 3-D Society I took along my Cinema Real 3-D Glasses they did not work, there still
using the original Polarized system, the NEW cinema way is called Circular Polarization.
I was in Electrical Superstore to see the new LG 3-D TV system, there now using the same
glasses as the cinema it was better than Liquid Crystal Glasses no flicker. (Although the
Liquid Crystal glasses are not new it was out in the 80’s with VHS only on a cord then, no
batteries, but at $150 for glasses your not going to have too many people around, but using
polarization system on TV is a step forward).

When I saw Avatar in 3-D it was alright, but when I saw it again in 2D the Extended Edition
Version it was amazingly Super clear in 35mm, in fact I talked to projectionist and he also
told me it was the clearest 35mm print he has ever seen also, probably because it was made
for 70mm Imax. In fact all the New 3-D films I have seen have all been as you say 2.5D at
the normal Cinema.
I saw Tron again but at the Imax cinema and as big as the picture was, it still was behind the
screen in 2.5D. Yet when I saw Imax Hubble in 3D, it was coming out the screen, so the
proper 3D films are made by Imax, like the 1950’s films which I saw a few some 20 years
ago at the Valhalla Cinema in Northcote, Melbourne and they come out the screen.
It’s sad that Derann no longer print Super 8 films because they always, printed the highest
resolution that even Blu ray can’t match. (And I’m told this also by many other film
collectors). I appreciate the New release Trailers I bought from The Reel Image, 2520
Blackhawk Rd, Kettering ,OH 45420, USA. Which they get from Germany and record sound
into English, at least we can still get them but, the Sharpness and Resolution is not the same
as the Derann Standard. (Maybe they should use Fuji Velvia fine grain it would cost more,
but looks so much better than the course grain there currently using).
Derann Printed tens of 1000’s of Super 8 prints for many Decades, and now when you
contact Derann their own prints are all sold up.
And yet when you type in Derann Super 8 on ebay only a few come up. Where did they all
go, obviously they are a highly treasured item for their quality. This shows how rare and
sought after they are, this is the perfect example of why.
A Cinemascope Derann Super 8 stereo feature (Star Wars, was recently) sold for nearly
$2,000 (on eBay). This shows Super 8 Derann prints have not lost their value, can’t say that
for Beta/VHS tapes your lucky to get $1 each, and that was supposed to be Super 8’s
replacement.
See ebay item No. 160607303867 35