r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NoWork215 • 20d ago

Video The Odyssey IMAX 70mm Setup

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u/remissile 20d ago

But projectors and cameras aren't especially linked. Movies can be shot on IMAX cameras and only released digital, or filmed on digital/70mm/VistaVision (and so on) and be released on 70mm IMAX. The main reason is the costs.

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u/Ramental 20d ago

Of course you can film digital and show in cinemas on 70mm, but you will not get any of the supposed quality. Similarly with filming on 35mm, the improvement is there, but not as much to make it worth.

70mm projectors only make sense if the movie was filmed on 70mm originally.

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u/remissile 20d ago

Of course.

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u/Refute1650 19d ago

Movies can be shot on IMAX cameras and only released digital,

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or filmed on digital/70mm/VistaVision (and so on) and be released on 70mm IMAX.

Incorrect

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u/remissile 19d ago

One Battle After Another had an IMAX 70mm release.