BKSTS Illustrated Dictionary of Moving Image Technology, 4th Edition

Appendix A Image areas for motion picture films

Table App.A.1    Image areas in film

Film gauge	Camera aperture (mm)		Maximum projected area (mm)
	Width	Height	Width	Height
Super-8 mm	5.69	4.22	5.46	4.01
16 mm	10.05	7.42	9.65	7.26
Super-16 (Type W)	12.52	7.42	—	—
35 mm Academy	21.95	16.05	21.11	15.29
35mm Widescreen 1.85:1	21.95	12.00	21.11	11.41
35 mm Anamorphic	21.95	18.80	21.29	18.21
65 mm/70 mm	52.50	23.00	48.59	22.10
IMAX	70.00	52.50	—	—

 

Figure App.A.1     Imax image area

The relevant SMPTE standards are: SMPTE 7, SMPTE 59, SMPTE 152, SMPTE 195, SMPTE 201M, SMPTE 215 and SMPTE 233. See Appendix U.