[Preston Smith]

Tim, I understand what you are saying about transmission, but the archival images look fine. I know PBS is meticulous about network origination standards

[Preston Smith]

The contrast and tonal range of the historic images in this series is very good, but the new footage looks nothing short of bizarre.

The contrast is so hyped that there is no shadow detail. Color has also been hyped. I can understand this on the occasional sunset shot, but some of the beauty shots of the Grand Canyon, only half of the image is visible. The rest is just a dark blob.

I’m wondering if the exagerated grain in sky shots is made worse by the excessive color bump they’ve used.

BTW, I think that they always use Aaton cameras on the Burns series.