Is IMAX better than 1080p? what resolution are they film?

[Liquid-Prince]

Originally Posted by 4K2K

Yes I say you are correct that film does have a limited resolution. A movie that hasn't had a DI won't have a specific number of pixels, though it will have a resolution (you could scan it at high res though and see how many pixels each grain took up). I'd say that the 35mm film itself is a physical medium too. ie. it's a physical piece of film with "silver halide" grains on to store the image.

Definition is different then resolution. I have given my answer before so I have nothing new to say. A piece of film has a certain amount of exposed image. Depending on how much it can then be scanned into a computer and given an equivalent resolution. Film itself has no resolution.

For example, I work at Disney and I go to the original negatives for Sleeping Beauty. I take those negatives and scan them in at 2K and then downgrade them to 480i. Two years later, Blu-ray comes out and again, I take those very same negatives except this time I scan them in at 4K and downgrade them to 1080P. Film itself has no resolution, but has a maximum size that it can be scanned to, before it yields no more picture information.