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[-] remer@lemmy.ml 104 points 2 years ago

I didn’t realize imax was still film. I figured it went digital with everything else.

[-] sci@feddit.nl 54 points 2 years ago

15/70mm film to be exact. IMAX 15/70mm is different to standard 5/70mm you would get in a normal cinema.

[-] lamprivate@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 2 years ago

There’s only a handful of IMAX theatres in the world that can play this format. Most of them are digital.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago

Our local one did, but I guess not all. It's a shame, you used to be able to watch the film being wound through windows

[-] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 12 points 2 years ago

You can still do it through Linux, if you know the right commands..

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Simply redirect standard output to the projector's file descriptor.

[-] Marypickford@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I can honestly say I do not have any Windows in my house.

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, that was pretty cool to see growing up.

[-] FiskFisk33@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

there are both, the top end is still film though as far as I understand

[-] derf82@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Digital still can’t match 70mm IMAX. In fact, IMAX film is even higher resolution than regular 70mm as the film runs through horizontally rather than vertically so more space is used for the image.

But a lot of it has moved digital. IMAX has special laser projectors. They just are not as good. Also, there is a lot of LieMAX (smaller theaters given IMAX branding) that are pretty well all digital.

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