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Brad Miller
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posted 01-04-2015 04:55 PM

"visible sparkle"? You mean negative dirt?

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Leo Enticknap
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posted 01-04-2015 05:43 PM

I mean positive dirt on the actual print, of the sort that accumulates on the first and last few feet of each reel. There was almost none. It looked like a new print on the screen - the only evidence that it wasn't was some handwriting on the leaders and the very carefully made splices on the heads and tails. Whoever had this print previously took very good care of it. There are no leftover labels on the shipping boxes to indicate who.

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David J Hilsgen
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posted 01-05-2015 08:25 PM

interstellar in 5/70 held over another week at willow creek in plymouth, mn. now till 1/15. it`s still our 6th highest grossing out of the 12

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Jeffry L. Johnson
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posted 01-11-2015 01:18 PM

Great Lakes Science Center OMNIMAX Theater opens this Thursday, January 15.

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Scott Norwood
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posted 01-11-2015 02:10 PM

How does it look on the dome? I was under the impression that the DMR films were really not playable on dome screens due to the distortion--is something like Interstellar (at least partly filmed in native 15/70) going to look better?

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Jarod Reddig
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posted 01-13-2015 08:53 AM

Jeffery the explanation of the Omnimax system in the link you posted was about the best explanation of equipment ive ever seen a theater have. [thumbsup]

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Steve Kraus
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posted 01-13-2015 09:35 AM

Not when they are claiming that OMNIMAX / IMAX film is 3 times larger than conventional 35mm film. In reality it is 3 times the size of standard 70mm. That in turn is over 2.5 times the size of Scope/35mm and over 4.5 times the size of 1.85/35mm. So IMAX* is more than 7.5 times the size of the larger of the two most common 35mm formats.

* OMNIMAX projection uses a somewhat smaller area of the 15 perf 70mm frame.

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David J Hilsgen
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posted 01-15-2015 02:43 PM

Today is our last day of our 10 week run of 5/70 interstellar at the willow creek in plymouth,mn. print still looks great

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Brad Miller
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posted 01-15-2015 03:06 PM

Did you shoot any video? Regrettably I never got around to on my prints.

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Jeffry L. Johnson
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posted 01-15-2015 03:28 PM

quote: Steve Kraus
Not when they are claiming that OMNIMAX / IMAX film is 3 times larger than conventional 35mm film. In reality it is 3 times the size of standard 70mm. That in turn is over 2.5 times the size of Scope/35mm and over 4.5 times the size of 1.85/35mm. So IMAX* is more than 7.5 times the size of the larger of the two most common 35mm formats.

Thanks for identifying this error. I think IMAX claims the IMAX film frame is ten (10) times larger than 35mm.

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Bobby Henderson
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posted 01-15-2015 04:10 PM

Interstellar may have been the last 15/70mm feature film print to play at the Bullock Texas State History Museum IMAX theater.

The theater is currently closed for renovation while a new digital-based dual projection system and a new 65' screen is installed.

The theater's web site mentions nothing about the 15/70mm projection system, particularly if it is staying or being removed. It also gives no details about the new digital projectors, whether they're the same old 2K DLP based units or if they might be the new 4K laser based models. Chances are they're the old 2K models otherwise they might have said something. Lasers might get the attention of laypersons.

The first show to debut on the new digital projectors at the Bob Bullock IMAX theater: Game of Thrones. That's right, a fucking TV show shot in 1080p with Arri Alexa cameras.

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Bobby Henderson
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posted 01-15-2015 06:28 PM

I received word the 15/70mm film projection system at the Bob Bullock IMAX theater was removed. The new projectors are the standard 2K DLP variety with the appropriate resolution for showing 1080p TV shows on a big screen.

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Jason Metcalfe
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posted 01-16-2015 05:49 PM

For what it's worth the digital IMAX projectors are "temporary", with laser light source coming in the near future

Also, I was under the impression that Interstellar was going to be the last 15/70 feature, which I think was a contributing factor to their renovation

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Terry Lynn-Stevens
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posted 01-17-2015 11:25 AM

quote: Jason Metcalfe
For what it's worth the digital IMAX projectors are "temporary", with laser light source coming in the near future

Also, I was under the impression that Interstellar was going to be the last 15/70 feature, which I think was a contributing factor to their renovation

The Bob Bullock location will get a laser light source in the future, from what I understand the IMAX solution for laser projection is custom for each individual location in that the larger the screen, the more lasers are built into the system. This would be different from Dolby Cinema or other set ups where it is a one size fits all approach. So far there are over 65+ IMAX laser Interstellar-ations [Wink]

to be done. There are also more than 400 Xenon installation pending as well. So as far as we know, the Bob Bullock laser installation could be a while away.

quote: Jason Metcalfe
Also, I was under the impression that Interstellar was going to be the last 15/70 feature, which I think was a contributing factor to their renovation

It is the last Hollywood DMR 15/70 currently, IMAX will not supply any theaters with upcoming releases. That is not to say that another Christopher Nolan film will come along or perhaps Star Wars could get a release. You really never know. The documentaries are still available.

But it is in the best interest of IMAX not to supply prints as what they really want is to sell new digital units.

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Gordon McLeod
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posted 01-17-2015 02:22 PM

there are other people than DKP70mmINC/IMAX that could supply 1570 prints with varrying degrees of quality so if a producer wanted a 1570 release there are other options out there

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