(Fwd) EOS: IMAX/Omnimax

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

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From:          "Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>
To:            eos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:          Fri, 1 Aug 1997 12:54:53 +0000
Subject:       EOS: IMAX/Omnimax
Cc:            Panoramic Imaging E-mail List <panorama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 31 Jul 97 at 8:26, Mr. Bill wrote:

> Chris Bitmead wrote:
> > 
> 

> > It's been a while since I went to an I-MAX Cinema, but they
> > spared no expense to make it "realistic". From memory, their
> > format is pretty square, maybe even square. Can someone confirm
> > that?
> 
> 65mm Imax 2.072"X2.066" (52.6mmX69.1mm) 15 Perf Horizontal
> 
> Omnimax is the same except photographed with a fisheye lens so the top
> edge of the frame is curved.

I am pretty sure one of them uses 70mm perforated....and this format 
started its life as cinema film anyway (aerial photography use is of a 
later date I have been told).
Someone with more details?

(CC'd to the Panorama Mailinglist)


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Willem-Jan Markerink


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