Fast frame rates and Imax

[P3D Dylan The Hippy Wabbit <spacey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

Andrew Woods said

>Dave Spacey wrote:
>> Now if only Stereo Imax could add 50% to its frame rate without
>>shredding the film stock.....

>IMAX already has a 48fps technology which they've called IMAX-HD.

>The IMAX projector installed at Lincoln Square in New York
>can do 48fps (IMAX-HD) and it can also do dual strip stereo
>projection (IMAX-3D).  I don't know of a case where they've run both
>HD & 3D at the same time but presumably it can be done.
>If they did, I guess they'd call it IMAX-3D-HD - what a way to go
>through heaps and heaps of film...  :-/

Actually it wos the 48 fps version I had in mind.  I was wishing for
stereo, large format at *72 fps*.  Greedy huh?

Sure it will burn loads of film, but I'd be in the front row like this:-

	8-D

BTW, the reference to shredding the film was based on a documentary I saw
years ago about the development of Imax.  Apparently stopping and starting
that big film for every frame tore the sproket holes off like a postage
stamp.  They had to put a slack loop in fore and aft so that they could
just stop the one frame and leave the rest running at a constant speed.
Smart.

Dave Spacey

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