Aspect Ratios & Formats - 35mm

 

Name

Originator

Year

Format

AR

Frame Area

Introduced

Abandoned

Kinetoscope

Edison/W. K. L. Dickson

1894

1896

4-35

1.33:1

1.000x0.750

Vitascope

C. F. Jenkins/T. Armat

1895

N/A

4-35

1.33:1

1.000x0.750

Ciné

Lumi&232re Brothers

1895

N/A

4-35

1.33:1

1.000x0.750

Eidoloscope

Woodville Latham & Sons

1895

1897

4-51

N/A

N/A

Demeny-Gaumont/Prestwich

Georges Demeny

1896

N/A

4-60

1.4:1

1.750x1.250

Viventoscope

Blair

1897

N/A

1-48

1.5:1

1.500x1.000

Veriscope

Enoch Rector

1897

N/A

5-63

1.66:1

1.875x1.125

Biograph

American Biograph Co.

1897

N/A

0-68

1.35:1

2.625x1.938

1900

N/A

4-35

N/A

N/A

Lumiè Wide Film

Lumiè Brothers

1900

N/A

8-75

N/A

N/A

Ciné (a.k.a. Ciné)

Raoul Grimoin-Sanson

1900

1900

10x4-70

360°

N/A

Pathé KOK/Pathescope

Pathé

1912

N/A

4-28

1.33:1

N/A

Panoramica

Filoteo Alberini

1914

N/A

5-70

2.52:1

N/A

1924

N/A

10-35H

2.52:1

N/A

Widescope

J. D. Elms

1921

1925

2x4-35

N/A

N/A

Pathé Baby

Pathé

1923

-

1-9.5

1.33:1

N/A

16mm

Kodak

1923

-

1-16

1.34:1

0.380x0.284

Pathé Rural

Pathé

1926

N/A

1-17.5

1.33:1

N/A

Natural Vision

Radio-Keith-Orpheum

1926

1930

6-63.5

1.85:1

N/A

Magnascope

Paramount

1926

1953

4-35

N/A

N/A

Hypergonar

Henri Chré

1927

1937

4-35A2.0

2.66:1

1.000x0.750

Polyvision

Abel Gance

1927

1927

3x4-35

N/A

N/A

Grandeur

20th Century Fox

1929

1931

4-70

2:1

N/A

Magnafilm

Paramount/L. de Riccio

N/A

1930

4-56

2:1

N/A

Realife

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

1930

1931

4-70

2:1

N/A

Vitascope

Warner Brothers

1930

1930

5-65

2:1

N/A

Academy

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

1932

-

4-35

1.37:1

0.825x0.602

Double-8

Kodak

1932

-

1-8

1.36:1

0.182x0.134

Cinerama

Cinerama Inc./Fred Waller

1952

1972

3x6-35

2.72:1

3x0.985x1.088

CinemaScope

20th Century Fox

1953

1957

4-35A2.0

2.55:1

0.912x0.715

2.35:1

0.898x0.715

Glamorama

N/A

1953

1953

10-35H

N/A

N/A

VistaVision

Paramount

1954

1961

8-35H

1.5:1

1.485x0.991

Todd-AO

Michael Todd/American Optical Co.

1955

-

5-70

2.2:1

2.072x0.906

Circarama

Walt Disney

1955

1961

9/11x1-16

360°

N/A

CinemaScope-55

20th Century Fox

1956

1958

8-55.625A2.0

2.35:1

1.430x1.824

4-35A2.0

2.55:1

0.912x0.715

4-35A2.0

2.35:1

0.839x0.715

Technirama

Technicolor

1956

1967

4-35A2.0

2.55:1

0.912x0.715

2.35:1

0.839x0.715

Cinestage

N/A

1956

N/A

4-35A1.56

2.2:1

0.912x0.685

Kinopanorama

Russia

1957

-

3x6-35

2.77:1

N/A

M-G-M Camera-65

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

1957

1966

5-70A1.25

2.76:1

2.072x0.906

5-65A1.25

2.76:1

2.072x0.906

4-35A2.0

2.55:1

0.912x0.715

4-35A2.0

2.35:1

0.839x0.715

CineMiracle

Louis de Rochemont

1958

1961

3x6-35

2.55:1

N/A

Smith & Carney 180°

Smith & Carney

1958

N/A

4-35

N/A

N/A

Circlorama

N/A

1958

1964

11x4-35

360°

N/A

Super Technirama 70

Technicolor

1958

N/A

5-70

2.2:1

N/A

4-35A2.0

2.35:1

0.839x0.715

Panavision

Panavision

1959

-

4-35A2.0

2.35:1

0.839x0.715

Super Panavision

Panavision

1959

N/A

5-70

2.2:1

N/A

4-35A2.0

2.35:1

0.839x0.715

Wonderama Arc 120

Technicolor

1960

N/A

4-35

2.64:1

N/A

Cine-System 3

U.S.A.F.

1960

N/A

1-3

1.33:1

N/A

Techniscope

Technicolor

1963

N/A

4-35A2.0

2.35:1

0.839x0.715

Ultra Panavision

Panavision/M-G-M

1963

1968

5-70A1.25

2.7:1

N/A

4-35A2.0

2.35:1

0.839x0.715

Dimension 150

Todd-AO/20th Century Fox

1963

1970

5-70

150°

N/A

4-35A2.0

2.35:1

0.839x0.715

Super 8

Kodak

1965

-

1-8

1.36:1

0.215x0.158

Super 16

Kodak

1970

-

1-16

1.66:1

0.464x0.2806

1.85:1

0.464x0.2516

Todd-AO 35

Todd-AO

1971

N/A

4-35A2.0

2.35:1

0.839x0.715

IMAX

IMAX Corporation

1970

-

15-70H

1.43:1

2.740x1.910

OMNIMAX

IMAX Corporation

1973

-

15-70H

Ovoid

2.740x1.980

Circlevision

Walt Disney

N/A

-

5x4-35

200°

N/A

Cinema 180

Omni Films

N/A

-

5-70

180°

N/A

Showscan

Douglas Trumbull

1984

-

5-70

N/A

N/A

Iwerks 870

Iwerks Entertainment

N/A

-

8-70

N/A

N/A

Ultra Toruscope

Torus Films

N/A

-

3x5-70

360°

N/A

Footnotes:

  1. N/A signifies that verified information for this category is not currently available.
  2. AR is an abbreviation for Aspect Ratio - the ratio of the width of the image to its height, expressed in the form x:1.
  3. A dash in the year abandoned column indicates the format is still in use.
  4. The frame area is expressed in inches.
  5. The film format is expressed using the following notation:
    nxp-mmAc.c Where nx, if present, is the number of film strips, e.g. 3x for Cinerama;
    p is the number of perforations in one film margin per frame (except centre perf. formats), e.g. 5 for Todd-AO;
    mm is the width of the film in millimetres, e.g. 55.625 for CinemaScope-55;
    Ac.c, if present, indicates that the image is anamorphically expanded from the film by expansion factor c.c, e.g. A2.0 for CinemaScope;
    and H, if present, denotes a horizontally-running format, e.g. 8-35H for VistaVision.
  6. Super 16 prints are rarely made. Dimensions given refer to extraction areas for blowing up to 35mm release prints.

 

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