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Take a Tour of the Projection Booth

Thursday, July 1 by Julie Brown

The projection booth is where all the giant action starts at IMAX Sydney. It’s not your run of the mill cinema projector here though. The giant images we’ve all come to enjoy on screen, start with giant reels of film that run a great speed through a similarly oversized projector. That's about 4.2 kilometres of giant 15 perf/ 70mm IMAX film for every 45 minute film, or over 12 kilomtres of film for your average 2 hour feature film! And with 3D, you can add a second reel to that, as the film is separated into a "left eye" and a "right eye" just to complicate matters. Come with us and take a look at what goes on behind the silver screen…

CLICK HERE to take a personal tour of the IMAX Projection Booth with CEO of IMAX Sydney, with Blunty3000 or CLICK HERE to join the tour with SMH's Tim Shepherd.

lois Milner 2 months ago

Looks fascinating. Will be in Sydney early September. Any chance of a tour then?

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frederick 2 months ago

Amazing ! Keep going on beautiful 70 mm film ! It's the only IMAX i want to see on very big screen.

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