There is this almost mystical aura that large format film has in cinema. Vista Vision, 65mm and IMAX are terms that let the hearts of filmmakers and audiences beat faster. … So, we decided to go to the extreme and emulate a sensor that has 200 Megapixel or 16K resolution and is twice the size of an IMAX Frame.

What resolution is IMAX?

Film cameras

To achieve such increased image resolution, which IMAX estimates at approximately 12,000 lines of horizontal resolution (12K), 65mm film stock passes horizontally through the IMAX movie camera, 15 perforations at a time.

Is there a 16K camera?

This film shoot was the first attempt ever to shoot 16K content using a single F65, together with an anamorphic lens. The Sony F65 camera utilises a single-chip 8K CMOS image sensor carrying about 20 million pixels. This image is then cropped to achieve the 16×2 aspect ratio for 16K ultra-wide view.

Movies that are shot for the gargantuan Imax screens have to use special cameras that shoot in an taller aspect ratio—the shape of the frame—than movies typically use. Meanwhile, the Imax Expanded Aspect Ratio is 1.9:1, which is considerably taller at the same width.