Forget 4K, Now 8K is Coming

[singhcr]

Originally Posted by Sherlock_Jr

But what content are they going to show on it? Digital cameras don't shoot 8K, and 35mm tops out between 5-6K. Only 70mm (and maybe IMAX) has the equivalent of an 8K resolution.

Standard 70mm film has 5 perforations per frame and IMAX has 15 which is why the format is so detailed and why it has a square like aspect ratio. So if 70mm negatives top out at about 8k, IMAX would be roughly 24k.

http://www.ieee.ca/millennium/imax/imax_technical.html