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Can someone please enlighten me as to the point of shooting a movie in 5K?

Blu-ray is about 1.1k, most movies are filmed around 2k, true 1.43:1 IMAX sequences in movies like The Dark Knight and MI4 are around 4k.

Apparently movies that are upconverted using IMAX DMR (which is almost every mainstream movie released in IMAX, except for those mentioned above and a few others) are only shown at 2K (and would the entirety of 'The Dark Knight' for example, be shown at 4K, or only the true IMAX sequences, with the 2.4:1 part being 2k?)

Also when watching 3D in a movie theatre, is the resolution to each eye the same as watching in 2D or is it "halved" like on passive displays?

Also I would have to assume the human eye can only make out resolution so high...

Thanks!


Unfortunately the IMAX cinema in Edmonton was not equipped for HFR/48p so I watched The Hobbit in 'UltraAVX' (comparable to Imax...reserved seating/wall-to-wall screen/better sound/rocker chairs) at 48fps and I really enjoyed it. No idea what resolution it was being shown at but if there was such a thing as a "next-gen" movie going experience, this is what The Hobbit felt like. The detail was UNREAL! (no pun intended, nothing looked 'fake' to me at all, it was great!)