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teranova · 01-05-2009, 11:41 AM

I agree that it wouldn't be true IMAX but I'm pretty sure that's what the article said i.e. for technical and economical reasons they were going to abandon the original IMAX format and just enlarge a 35mm print to 70mm. I would guess that the resulting product wouldn't be as crisp or detailed as a genuine IMAX 70mm shot film. (I got the impression it wasn't just going to be a wide screen 70mm film, as shown in your illustration, but close to the look of an IMAX projection)
Edit: Just Googled IMAX and found that Wikipedia has a fairly long article about IMAX. They refer to the process to blow up standard 35mm films to IMAX 70 mm as DMR (Digital Re-mastering)
BTW: Thanks for your input!

01-05-2009, 11:41 AM	#4
teranova High Definition is the definition of life. Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 369	I agree that it wouldn't be true IMAX but I'm pretty sure that's what the article said i.e. for technical and economical reasons they were going to abandon the original IMAX format and just enlarge a 35mm print to 70mm. I would guess that the resulting product wouldn't be as crisp or detailed as a genuine IMAX 70mm shot film. (I got the impression it wasn't just going to be a wide screen 70mm film, as shown in your illustration, but close to the look of an IMAX projection) Edit: Just Googled IMAX and found that Wikipedia has a fairly long article about IMAX. They refer to the process to blow up standard 35mm films to IMAX 70 mm as DMR (Digital Re-mastering) BTW: Thanks for your input! Last edited by teranova; 01-05-2009 at 12:35 PM.