Digital BW, The Print

>Silent film images were 1" by 0.75", 16 per foot, with an aspect 
>ratio of 4:3. The film ran vertically through the camera and 
>projector.
> 
>When movie film was adapted for use in still cameras ("minicams"), 
>the space for two movie images was allocated to each still image, 
>and the film strip was oriented horizontally in the camera. This 
>resulted in still images of 1.5"(2 x 0.75) by 1", 8 per foot, with 
>an aspect ratio of 3:2. (Actual metric image dimensions are 
>slightly smaller, 36mm by 24mm, to avoid the sprocket holes and 
>frame overlap.)

Thanks for the info, it all very interesting.  I didn't realize until
this thread that movies are 4:3.  


Regards,
Clayton


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