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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Binastro" data-source="post: 3497288" data-attributes="member: 111403">Hi Super Duty and Alexis,I think it started with Horace W, Lee's Speed Panchro in 1921.Yes, it is to do with imperfections.The Deep Field Panchro was also well thought of.I would say that film is still better than Digital for movies. Film is still made and used extensively, also archived copies of digital might be on film.Leica have been copying TTH since at least the  1950s, when they took the TTH 50mm f/1.5 1943 mass radiography lens design and used it on Leica cameras. They had to put licenced from Taylor Hobson on them when they were found out.I would not think that Cooke lenses and Leicas differ much in coatings. I think that TTH was multicoating before Leica.I clearly see the effect described in the videos. Obviously everybody's eyes and brains differ.But clearly Hollywood appreciated Cooke and TTH Technicolor lenses.There are all sorts of lenses using imperfections. Soft focus, some variable and others.Also the Minolta 58mm f/1.2 bokeh champion, which was my standard film lens.I would think that the Noctivid is using similar effects to the Cooke movie lenses.</blockquote>