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Original Camera Negative

Original Camera Negative

60 films on Best Blurays

Original Camera Negative. The resulting piece of photograph containing the image when something is filmed or shot. It is typically considered the ultimate source material to restore or copy a movie/film from if the movie is not shot on digital cameras.

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Includes 57 films that name Original Camera Negative only in the notes.

TV series

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Charles Walters

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4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: George Pal

Sources: mega.nz (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Best Audio:

Warner Bros NTSC DVD

Audio Notes:

The old DVD's track has significantly better detail compared to BD, especially on the score. The BD has some extra detail on dialogue, but also exhibits strange artifacting (e.g. sample 3, 0:20) which suggests possible AI "enhancement" or some other form of aggressive filtering. In contrast, DVD appears to be completely unfiltered and sounds good throughout. Samples

As the BD is significantly rolled off, a lot of the detail (real or fabricated) is buried in the mix and not audible during normal playback.

Director: Delbert Mann

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4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Sidney Lumet

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Freddie Francis

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray 4K scan of Original Camera Negative

Director: František Vláčil

Best Video:

UK Second Run Blu-ray

Sources: moma.org (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

HD transfer from Original Camera Negative

Additional Info:

Not sure if the 2025 restoration is the same one, see MoMA

Director: Russ Meyer

Best Video:

Severin 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Severin 4K Blu-ray scanned in 4K from the Original Camera Negative restored by MoMA

Director: Don Taylor

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Robert Benton

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

TV series

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

TV series

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Howard Zieff

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: George Stevens Jr.

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4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Director: Arnold Leibovit

Best Video:

Puppetoon Productions Blu-ray link

Sources: puppetoon.net (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Puppetoon Productions Blu-ray link is 4K scan of Original Camera Negative while has some degree of DNR is still a significant upgrade over previous release

Director: Luc Besson

4K · Solid

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

SC caps. Great-looking 4K master except for DNR'd higher-gen shots such as the opening sequence. StudioCanal resolves finer detail but has encoding issues in highlights, the non-Original Camera Negative shots and traces of chroma noise. Sony used a low-pass filter which makes the film look less sharp and finely detailed but the encode is more consistent.

Director: Ron Howard

Best Video:

Theatrical Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Extended Cut: The 30th Anniversary Extended Cut on fanedit.org

Sources: fanedit.org (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Theatrical Cut: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Extended Cut: The 30th Anniversary Extended Cut on fanedit.org has the additional TV footage and is also uncut.

Additional Info:

The TV version is extended but is censored. The Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray is restored from an interpositive, no release so far is confirmed to be from the Original Camera Negative.

Director: Tom Noonan

Best Video:

Radiance Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Radiance Blu-ray (caps)

4K restoration from the Original Camera Negative

Director: Mimi Leder

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Disappointing
Video Notes:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray is a mediocre new master, the use of the Original Camera Negative as Kino Lorber claimed is doubted and there are two brightness and color fluctuations that appear erroneous

Director: Ken Loach

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Even though no screencap comparisons, given that Criterion is a 2K scan of Original Camera Negative, and supervised by Ken Loach, Criterion is likely the best.

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