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Adam Savage watching an IMAX film reel being spooled

Adam Savage watching an IMAX film reel being spooled

🍿 How IMAX 70MM film is projected. Adam Savage gets all the details. When scanned for digital, IMAX film results in something like 12K-18K video. That’s why it’s the gold standard for movies and why a 3-hour film reel weighs 600 pounds.

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