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		flipthefrog 32 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: More than one hundred years of Film Sizes There are far less working VistaVision cameras than 70mm. It wasnt used at all, or just for shooting vfx, for 50 years until recently

mmcwilliams 31 days ago [–]

This is true but it is far cheaper to scan and develop. Labs have to reset the machines to switch over to 65mm/70mm but are running 35mm every day.

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