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Topic: The future of IMAX in space
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ASCAN1984
Member Posts: 1049
From: County Down, Nothern Ireland
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 01-22-2009 12:37 PM
   
I was just wondering with the advances in HD television from space and of launches, etc., does that mean that soon IMAX will no longer be required for manned spaceflight? e.g. no more IMAX cameras flown?Gareth |
NavySpaceFan
Member Posts: 655
From: Norfolk, VA
Registered: May 2007
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posted 01-22-2009 12:40 PM
Based on my personal experience with IMAX films converted to Blu-Ray, I hope not!!! The conversion from IMAX film to HD video is amazing! If you have not seen any of the IMAX films on Blu-ray, I highly recommend you do. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 01-22-2009 01:27 PM
When was the last time IMAX cameras were flown in space? I don't recall reading of any such instances in recent years, though I would be happy to be proven wrong.I really hope IMAX (or a comparable format of equally high resolution) is brought to the moon someday in the not-too-distant future. I have to imagine the footage would be spectacular. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-22-2009 01:46 PM
The last IMAX camera to be in space returned from the International Space Station aboard STS-105 in August 2001. It and another camera that flew on several shuttle flights were in support of filming Space Station released in 2002. At the time of Columbia's loss in February 2003, IMAX was under discussions with NASA to film a sequel. After it was decided that the shuttle fleet would stop flying in 2010, payload space became limited, and IMAX' plans were put on indefinite hold. An IMAX camera will however, be aboard STS-125 to support a new 3D film about the Hubble Space Telescope. As far as the future goes, the size of the IMAX cameras may be the largest hurdle. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 01-22-2009 02:03 PM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
As far as the future goes, the size of the IMAX cameras may be the largest hurdle.
From what I've read, there is a new digital IMAX format that reduces the need for the bulky film reels...resulting in equipment that is smaller (and lighter) overall. The only disadvatange (so far) is that the resolution in the digital format in not comparable with the film format. It'll probably take a few years to perfect a system that can rapidly capture such high resolution imagery onto digital memory. |
Mr Meek
Member Posts: 353
From: Chattanooga, TN
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 01-22-2009 08:54 PM
Any video wonks* here who could compare the monster resolution RED cameras with the IMAX format? Or is that what IMAX is using for their tests with digital?* said with much love by a sound tech |
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