Re: "Ben Hur" aspect ratio is not 1.76 to 1

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In Reply to: Re: "Ben Hur" posted by rico on August 23, 2005 at 06:00:30:

but is Ultra PanaVision70 which is 2.76 to 1 (flying fingers got you Rico? I assume this was a typo) and even that is too narrow. My source is yours, the Widescreen Museum.

In fact, I had a special edition LaserDisk that claimed the actual ratio was more than 3 to 1. It certainly seemed it but I didn't pull out my yardstick.
As for PanaVision and 1.85 to 1, you are technically correct. However PanaVision has become very closely associated in these latter days with 1.85 to 1, perhaps because of their support of matting (1.85:1) and their lenses for use in HDTV programming. I find the term PanaVision used increasingly to indicate 1.85 to 1, though it was not originally that ratio. PanaVision currently supports many formats as may be seen on their website.

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Topic - "Ben Hur" - rico 13:30:26 08/22/05 (8)

Re: "Ben Hur" - Jeff Starrs 02:05:34 08/23/05 (2)

Re: "Ben Hur" - Auricle 06:31:34 08/23/05 (1)

Re: "Ben Hur" - rico 06:44:55 08/23/05 (0)

Re: "Ben Hur" - Auricle 14:23:14 08/22/05 (4)

Re: "Ben Hur" - rico 06:00:30 08/23/05 (2)

Re: "Ben Hur" aspect ratio is not 1.76 to 1 - Auricle 07:19:36 08/23/05 (1)

Re: "Ben Hur" aspect ratio is not 1.76 to 1 - rico 08:43:36 08/23/05 (0)

Re: "Ben Hur" - rico 05:57:36 08/23/05 (0)

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Re: "Ben Hur" aspect ratio is not 1.76 to 1 - Auricle 07:19:36 08/23/05 (1)

Re: "Ben Hur" aspect ratio is not 1.76 to 1 - rico 08:43:36 08/23/05 (0)

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