On 3/03/2006 6:04 AM, "Jim Flannery" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thursday, March 2, 2006, 3:09:22 AM, one spoke:
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> Yes. If celluloid film is going through a projector, there is still a
> shutter cutting out the light path every time the frame changes (i.e.,
> whilst the film strip is being pulled down), regardless of the source
> of the image on the film strip.
I have a recollection that the IMAX system does not use the traditional vertical ‘pull-down’ method but a horizontal ‘rolling loop’ system to help eliminate flicker (or at least not trash the large amount of film going through the gate).
I believe it also plays at 48fps.
Regards,
Mark
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