Blur effect - once seen cannot be unseen

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I first noticed this effect on the new BBC remake of A Christmas Carol recently and then have been noticing it more and more. Where the top and bottom of the picture is blurred and it's quite distracting. Now I actively see it all the time. Is this a thing, here to stay or hopefully dissapear quickly?
 
It's not my TV. Match of the dqy right now is pixel perfect from top to bottom and left to right.

It seems to only be in certain scenes where there is objects foreground and background and emphasising the centre
 
Liquid_Entity said:
https://i.redd.it/5igkqn9pjzy11.jpg

Not my image but you can see blurring top n bottom
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That could be the DP using a vintage style lens (likely anamorphic in that pic, which accentuates that look) or it could be them trying to emulate that in the grade/finish. File it under vintage hipster look :)

I love the look of anamorphic lenses, if you ever see them pull focus with some flares etc, it's beautiful.
 
I noticed this for the first time on The Witcher, shoes looked blurred when they were walking etc. Only really noticed it when watching normal 4k. If I watched it in Dolby Vision on the Oled it disappeared.
 
Noticed this in ‘You’ on Netflix. They’re using it to try and concentrate your attention I assume, I just found it distracting.
 
ThePainBarrier said:
Thought it might be some form of compression technique
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Like I posted above, it's the lens chosen or somebody trying to emulate it. If you're noticing it as much as the pic, it's a bad choice or not particularly well done. Even blockbusters like Star Wars will use "interesting" lenses but it'll be more subtle and generally more in keeping with what's framed in the shot.
 
Poor quality focal reducers and adapters for old lenses to achieve anamorphic look. Never quite understood why one would do it in scenes that don't require "magical bokeh" or lens flaring other than vanity of DP showing off some really ****, blurry, overpriced vintage glass to his nerdy peers. Annoying as hell and it's everywhere in Netflix shows.
 
but you want anamorphic with genuine/expensive lenses ... for the intimate effect ... that's why blade runner was, also, good ...
but, not sure it's compatible with the mostly rubbish modern cgi effects, so thats why they don't use anamorphic much

jpaul said:
this was an interesting production comment

Blade Runner 2049 is slated for theatrical release on October 6th and I am looking forward to it with reservations. I wish Roger Deakins had used anamorphic as it’s so much a part of Blade Runner universe. There are various shots in the new film that really don’t have any character… Case in point below…
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( see http://www.red.com/learn/red-101/anamorphic-lenses#im3 )

here too

Just some of my favorite films for anamorphic photography (skipping 65mm movies, Techniscope, Super-35 for the moment):
Any Kurosawa anamorphic movie (Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo, Red Beard, High & Low, Bad Sleep Well, Sanjuro) Dr. Zhivago, Bridge on the River Kwai
Apocalypse Now
Blade Runner, Alien
Superman: The Movie
A Bridge Too Far
JFK, Snow Falling on Cedars
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Close Encounters
Thin Red Line, The New World
Heat
The Elephant Man
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- need some folks from photography forum to comment.
could he not use the same lense type because of 3d or cgi concerns

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