Does IMAX and normal Cinema have huge difference & if so, what IMAX Fmt you could recommend? | Movies & Filmmaking | Page 1

vague gazelle Jul 9, 2023, 2:10 AM

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Hey,

So, I always went to the regular cinema here with a screen size of 50m^2 (so pretty small). Now, I've finally decided to go to an IMAX cinema for the movie Oppenheimer, to have a huge screen and get the best experience overall possible. Here in Germany, we only have 9 IMAX cinemas.

Does anyone know if there's any difference between D / DL / DL2 / 1570 Fmt? The nearest ones have IMAX DL2 & 1570, and I've booked for now in the DL2 one (In "Sinsheim" if that matters). Both of them have a screen size of about 22m x 27m.

foggy prairie Jul 9, 2023, 4:53 AM

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im just learning about this stuff, but it looks like 1570 is traditional film projection, warmer and higher resolution (approximately 16k). DL2 is dual 4k laser projections (so i guess like 8k) that is brighter and crisper and more evenly lit.
so either of those seem fine.
but since there is only around a dozen 1570 systems in the world, it might be worth going to that one, so you can see what 18km long 275kg of film looks like on the screen

rugged ridge Jul 9, 2023, 1:58 PM

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Imax is film?
As in it rolls?

#Does IMAX and normal Cinema have huge difference & if so, what IMAX Fmt you could recommend?