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Topic: A lens question from a new guy.
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Scott Norwood
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From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 08-27-2010 08:25 AM
Hi, Josh. We met a few years ago at RIIFF.
Is this for the Cable Car Cinema? If so, and if I remember correctly, they have a common-height screen and crop the sides of the scope image slightly. Post the focal lengths of your 1.85 and scope lenses (which should be stamped on the lens barrel somewhere, and will be in either inches or millimeters) and we can figure out the correct 1.37 lens focal length for you. You will still need an aperture plate. These come slightly undersized, and need to be filed out using a loop of RP40 test film. I might be able to dig up a plate that was cut for another theatre that would come close. You have a single Century C, correct? If so, and if you have the small lens holder version, you will also need a lens extension tube and a stop ring.
If this is a one-time screening, you can sort of cheat by using the backup scope lens (unscrew the anamorphic adapter part) and the scope aperture plate. The result won't be correct, but it is better than running an Academy print at 1.85.
Alternatively, send the Academy prints to RISD or the Avon, both of which have the correct lenses and plates for that format. (So does the Columbus, but that has been "temporarily" closed for the last year, as you probably know.)
If you are not in a hurry, and can get the proper lens and an undercut plate, let me know and I'll bring an RP40 loop and cut the plate for you when I am in Providence next.
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