Aus dem Review von The Digital Bits:
"Cinematographer Kramer Morgenthau captured Captain America: Brave New World digitally at 4.5K resolution (in ARRIRAW format) using Arri Alexa LF cameras with Panavision C-series anamorphic lenses, while IMAX sequences were captured using Ultra Panatar II lenses instead. Post-production work was completed as a 4K Digital Intermediate, framed with the variable aspect ratios of 2.39:1 for the former and 1.90:1 for the latter. Per Disney’s usual policy, only the 2.39:1 framing is included on UHD and Blu-ray—the variable aspect ratio version is available exclusively streaming on Disney+. Fortunately, like other recent Disney releases, High Dynamic Range available in both Dolby Vision and HDR10, so Dolby Vision isn’t exclusive to Disney+ anymore. It’s been a baby step, but a welcome one nonetheless.
Morgenthau and Julius Onah told American Cinematographer that while it’s inevitable that MCU properties will be captured digitally, they wanted to make Brave New World look like it was shot on film. So, they consulted with one of the best in the business in that regard: cinematographer Steve Yedlin. They ended up using one of his custom LUTs (Look Up Tables) and modified it to suit their purposes, adding “(their) our own grain, gate weave, halation and other artifacts to replicate the texture of film as closely as possible.” The intention was to replicate the look of VISION3 500T 5219 color negative film, which is a fine-grained stock with further dye-layer enhancements to reduce the visible grain in shadows. Onah also wanted “to make the Red Hulk’s appearance feel like an intrusion into the story,” so aside from the reds in Captain America’s costume and shield, and other unavoidable ones like traffic lights and stop signs, they tried to keep the color red out of the film’s palette as much as possible until the Red Hulk makes his grand entrance. Yet it does appear as a foreshadowing element, like the red-striped tie that a certain character wears at the beginning or the red lighting that appears in a few key locations. (It’s also no accident that cherry blossoms form a key visual and narrative element for that character.)
All of that background is necessary in order to properly assess the look of Captain America: Brave New World on UHD. It’s not going to be sharpest and most detailed 4K presentation on the format, but that’s by design. The anamorphic lenses add some softness to the edges of the frame, and Morgenthau favored backlighting and side lighting, which gives much of the film a soft, hazy look. He also filtered things heavily in order to enhance that look (although it’s not clear if that was done in-camera or in post). As a result, the contrast range tends to be variable, with the backlit shots having the exact kind of limited contrast that film would produce under the same circumstances, while direct lighting provides stronger contrast and deeper blacks. The added grain layer is very fine and somewhat soft, so it seems like the intention was to reproduce the look of grain on a 35mm film print rather than the sharper grain available on the original negative. It’s not necessarily as convincing as the work that Eliot Rockett and Company 3 did for Ti West’s MaXXXine, which is arguably the gold standard for making digital look like film, but it’s still quite good."
Quelle: https://thedigitalbits.com/ite…e-new-world-sony-2025-uhd
Die Bildqualität ist wohl so beabsichtigt und hat nichts mit einer 2D > 3D Konvertierung zu tun (warum auch?). Bin interessehalber gespannt, wie der Stream bei Disney+ aussehen wird. Die UHD wandert schon mangels verbliebenem Marvel-Interesse nicht in meine Sammlung.