Regular
8mm frame dimensions
Camera
aperture size (H x W): 3.68 x 4.88mm
Frame
area: 17.96sq. mm
Aspect
ratio: 1.33:1
16:9
useable frame area: 13.4sq. mm
(75%)
normal frame rate: 16fps
Super-8
frame dimensions
Camera
aperture size (H x W): 4.22 x 5.63mm
Width:
1.15x Standard8
Frame
area: 23.76sq. mm (1.32x standard
8)
Aspect
ratio: 1.33:1
16:9
useable frame area: 17.83sq. mm (75%)
normal frame rate: 18 or 24fps
Super-Duper-8 frame
dimensions
Camera
aperture size (H x W) 4.22 x 6.36mm
width:
1.13x Super-8
frame
area: 26.84sq. mm (1.13x Super-8)
Aspect
ratio: 1.5:1
16:9
useable frame area: 22.75sq. mm (85%)
Normal
frame rate: 24fps
16mm
top to bottom: silent, optical sound, magnetic
sound.
Camera
aperture size (H x W): 7.49 x 10.26mm
Frame
area: 76.85sq. mm (3.23x super 8)
Aspect
ratio: 1.33:1
16:9
useable frame area: 59.21sq. mm (75%)
normal frame rate: 24 or 30fps
Super-16
Camera
aperture size (H x W): 7.42mm x 12.52mm
Width:
1.21x Standard 16
Frame
area: 92.9sq. mm (1.21x Standard 16)
Aspect
ratio: 1.66:1
16.9
useable frame area: 88.17sq. mm (95%)
normal frame rate: 24 or 30fps
Ultra-16
Note, Ultra-16 was invented specifically for blow up to 35mm
matte
without additional negative cropping or recentering the camera
lens.
Camera
aperture size (H x W): 6.15mm x 11.4mm
Width:
1.11x Standard 16
Frame
area: 70.11sq. mm (.91x Standard 16)
Aspect
ratio: 1.85:1
normal frame rate: 24fps
35mm
Academy
Note, aperture is slightly shrunken compared
to full-frame to allow room for sound tracks.
Lower image shows "variable density" on Cinecolor film
instead of "variable area" sound *
Camera aperture size (H x W):
15.24mm x 20.96mm
Frame
width: 1.67 x Super-16
Frame area: 319.43sq. mm
(3.44x Super 16)Aspect
ratio: 1.38:1
16:9
usable frame area: 248.20mm (78%)
normal frame rate: 18 (original) or 24fps (modern)
35mm Matte
The widescreen image for most films comes
from masking off the
top/bottom of the frame.
Camera
aperture size (H x W): 11.33mm x 20.96mm
Frame width: same as Academy
Frame area: 237.47sq. mm
(.74x Academy)Aspect
ratio: 1.85:1
16:9 usable frame area: 228.21mm (96%)
normal frame rate: 24fps
Super-35
Camera
aperture size (H x W): 10.6mm x 24.92mm
frame
area: 264.25sq. mm (1.12X Matte) smaller than the obsolete academy
format
Aspect
ratio: 2.35:1
Normal frame rate: 24fps
MaxiVision
(3-perf)
Camera
aperture size (H x W): 12.99mm x 24mm
frame
area: 311.76mm (.98x academy) very slightly smaller than the extinct academy
format
Aspect
ratio: 1.85:1
Normal
frame rate: 24 and 48fps (both rates are used in the same
viewing)
35mm
Anamorphic
note, the image is horrizontally squeezed 2:1 (top)
which will be undone upon projection (bottom).
Outside the perforations is the SDDS sound,
beween perfs on left is Dolby Digital,
just inside the perfs is the analogue sound track
pushed almost to distortion due to the loudness war,
between that & the frame is the time
code for DTS
Camera
aperture size (H x W): 18.67 x 22.1mm
Frame
area: 412.6sq. mm (1.29x Academy)
Aspect
ratio: 1.18:1 (native), 2.36:1 (expanded)
normal frame rate: 24fps
35mm
Full Frame
Camera
aperture size (H x W): 18.67 x 24.92mm
Width:
1.19x Academy
Frame
area: 465.26sq. mm (1.13x Anamorphic)
Aspect
ratio: 1.33:1
16.9
useable frame area: 349.32sq. mm (75%)
normal frame rate: 24fps
note, VistaVision is 35mm run horizontally but
was normally reduced to standard 35mm.
lower image is from specialized print *
Camera
aperture size (H x W): 24.89mm x 37.59mm
Frame
width 1.51x Full Frame
Frame
area: 690.15sq. mm (1.48x Full Frame)
Width:
1.52x Full Frame
Aspect
ratio: 1.51:1 in-cam, 2:1 after sound stripes are applied)
normal
frame rate: 24fps
65mm
note, 65mm film (upper) is printed to 70mm (lower *) to store magnetic sound tracks.
Camera
aperature size (H x W): 22.04x48.59mm
Frame
area: 1070.92sq. mm (1.55x
VistaVision)
Aspect
ratio: 2.2:1
normal frame rate: 24 (super Panavision, Super Technirama) or 30fps (Todd AO)
note, this format is the same as regular 70mm but adds
