Expert: Andrew Ransavage - 11/10/2008

Question
What is the resolution of 70mm Movie?
Hi
I want to know the resolution setup (like 720 X 576 for DVD) to render a movie for 70mm screen in maya.
Thanks in advance

Answer
That is not an easy question to answer. Film is analog, it's hard to provide a direct conversion/comparison to digital media.  The short answer is A LOT. Something like 21 megapixels (5300x4000) is comparable to a quality 35 film shot. 70mm would be even higher.

This guy has a good in depth explanation regarding 35mm film vs. digital resolutions:

http://pic.templetons.com/brad/photo/pixels.html