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IMAX 70mm film strip showing three frames of Earth from space, with clouds and land visible against a black background. This infographic compares film formats by showing side-by-side images of IMAX 70 mm, standard 70 mm, and 35 mm film strips, highlighting their relative sizes and perforation counts. Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer walks down a dusty street in a suit and fedora in a still from the 2023 IMAX film Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan. Astronauts Jeff Wisoff and Michael Lopez-Alegria work outside the International Space Station with Earth and a rainbow arc visible in the background, photographed from space. The Hubble Space Telescope is deployed from the Space Shuttle Discovery, with its solar panels extended and Earth's horizon and the sun visible in the background.
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IMAX film
70-mm film strip showing three frames of Earth from space.
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Film sizes and aspect ratios
Film formats differ not only in physical size but also in aspect ratio—the shape...
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Shot on IMAX
A still from Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023), which was shot and...
© 2023 Universal Pictures
IMAX in space
Astronauts Jeff Wisoff and Michael Lopez-Alegria working on the International Space...
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IMAX in space
Hubble Space Telescope deploying on April 25, 1990, photographed with the IMAX Cargo...
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