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A 70 mm film strip with a human hand for scale. 70 mm film (or 65 mm film) is a wide high-resolution film gauge for motion picture photography, with a negative area nearly 3.5 times as large as the standard 35 mm motion picture film format. [1] As used in cameras, the film is 65 mm (2.6 in) wide.
The system replaces the xenon arc lamp of a traditional digital projector with a laser light source, and is capable of 60 fps with "50 percent greater" brightness than the Digital Cinema Initiatives spec, a contrast ratio "double" that of IMAX 15/70 mm film projection and "higher" than the 2,500:1 contrast ratio of IMAX's xenon lamp-based ...
70 mm fish-eye (dome projection) IMAX [50] IMAX Corporation: 1970 Tiger Child: 65 mm 1.34 2.772" × 2.072" 15 perf, 2 sides, horizontally spherical 70 mm, horizontal 1.31 2.692" × 2.056" spherical Super 16 mm film [7] Rune Ericson: 1970 Blushing Charlie: 16 mm 1.66 0.493" × 0.292" 1 perf, 1 side spherical no standard, but often blown up to 35 mm
“It actually looks better in film,” Imax CEO Richard Gelfond tells Variety. “It’s not just about nostalgia. It’s a better experience.” A lot of work goes into the 70mm experience, he adds.
Imax, however, works with directors to alter the film, increasing the resolution and sharpness of the larger-than-life footage. “I remember when I was a kid and I copied my hand on a Xerox machine.
Ryan Knapp woke up before sunrise one morning in July and left his home in northern New Hampshire at 5:30 a.m. to catch a movie. It wasn’t just any day at the cinema. In fact, it was a 14-hour ...
70 mm film used in still cameras, like Mamiya and Hasselblad, and 70 mm print film used in IMAX projectors have the same gauge or height as 120 film. With 70 mm cine projector film, the perforations are inset by 2.5 mm to make room for the old-style optical sound tracks; a standard established by Todd-AO in the 1950s.
Nolan shot “Interstellar” with a combination of 35mm anamorphic film and 65mm Imax. The picture was released in film formats, which was a herculean task at the time as many theaters had ...