Commonly Used Motion Picture Film Formats
collected by Jeffrey Sward
 
Examples of Films with Technicolor, CinemaScope, and Stereophonic Sound
 
Format Created Negative gauge Camera Aperture Aspect Ratio Projection Aperture
Silent film standard 1892 35 mm 0.980" × 0.735" 1.33 0.931" × 0.698"
16 mm 1923 16 mm 0.404" × 0.295" 1.37 0.378" × 0.276"
Fox Movietone 1927 35 mm 0.980" × 0.735" 1.17 0.826" × 0.708"
8 mm 1932 16 mm 0.192" × 0.145" 1.33 0.172" × 0.129"
Academy format with sound 1932 35 mm 0.868" × 0.631" 1.37 0.825 × 0.600"
Cinerama 1952 35 mm × 3 cameras 0.996" × 1.116" 2.59 0.985" × 1.088"
Cinemascope 1953 35mm anamorphic 0.868" × 0.735" 2.35 0.839" × 0.715"
Widescreen (VistaVision) 1953 35mm 1.485" x 0.991" 1.85 0.825" × 0.446"
Widescreen matted 1.85 1953 35mm 0.866" × 0.630" 1.85 0.825" × 0.446"
Widescreen Matted 1.75 = Widescreen Television 16:9 1953 35mm 0.866" × 0.630" 1.78 0.825" × 0.471"
70 mm 1958 65 mm 2.066" × 0.906" 2.21 1.912" × 0.87"
Panavision 1958 35mm modern anamorphic 0.866" × 0.732" 2.35 0.825" × 0.690"
Super 8 1965 8 mm 0.245" × 0.166" 1.36 0.215" × 0.158"
IMAX 1970 65 mm 2.772" × 2.072" 1.31 2.692" × 2.056"
Super 35 common top 1982 35mm 0.980" × 0.735" 1.33 n/a
 
 

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