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    Film Types,Gauges & Formats​ by Ramnanda

    Film Gauge
    Physical property which defines the films width
    Eg : 8mm, 35mm, 70mm
    Film format
    The standard for image capture and projection
    Eg : Cinemascope, Widescreen, Academy ratio, Techniscope

    - Perforations, also known as perfs, are the holes placed in the film stock.
    - Negative film has curved perforations where as Positive has rectangular.
    - Undeveloped Negative is loaded into camera and the film is recorded. After
    developing,through chemical processing, the developed negative is used to make
    positive copies which are distributed to theatres

    35mm
    - Introduction in 1892 by william Dickson & thomas edison. In 1909 became international
    standard gauge .
    - Each frame has 4 perfs on each side (exception being VistaVision - which has 8 perfs on
    each side and runs horizontally opposing the traditional vertical run) . Photographic film
    is of 8 perf and runs horizontally
    - One 35mm high quality color frame roughly estimates to about 33.6 megapixels on
    digital frame.
    - DSLR’s with Sensor size equivalent to 35mm frame are called “Full Frame“.

    70mm
    - Introduced in early 1890’s.
    - 70mm has higher resolution than 35mm .65mm of frame is image area where as 5mm
    are for four magnetic strips holding six tracks of stereophonic sound.
    - 70mm is 5 perf on each side . IMAX 70mm is 15 perf on each side.

    16mm
    - First introduced in 1923, by Eastman Kodak, the 16mm is used for low budget pictures.
    - It is also a popular ametuer formats along with 8mm & super 8mm for several decades.

    8mm
    - Introduced for amateurs in 1932, 8mm is used to create home movies at lesser costs
    than 16mm.
    - Super 8 (released in 1965) has a larger image area and quality than standard 8mm.

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