35mm Films A Brief History
35 mm film - short history.
35mm film has evolved over recent years. This articles gives a
brief summary of the history of 35mm film.
When it comes to photography and motion picture it is impossible
not to hear about 35 mm. film when going technical into the
conversation. It is called 35 mm. film as it is 35 mm. wide and
will have perforations on both edges at each 4.23 mm along it.
With a history dating back since 1889, when it was first
introduced by Thomas Edison, the 35 mm film is still used today
with some variations in format based on what it is used for but
basically its form stayed the same all these years. It was first
introduced into photography in 1913 and is still very popular
amongst several professional photographers.
If we are to talk about film we have to talk about sound as
well. In the beginning the idea of synchronizing sound and video
was appreciated but was quite difficult to realize. That's when
the sound started to be stored directly to film, forming the
analog soundtrack that takes out of the film a small margin to
the left. In the search for perfection the display ratio changed
together with new methods of storing the sound.
Nowadays digital soundtracks have been implemented. The
technology break through behind this was the storage of the
sound between perforations in Dolby Digital, in 2 strips along
the outside part of the edges in SDDS and lately on a special
compact disk synchronized thanks to a time code with the film in
DTS.
With technology evolving as it does at the moment new techniques
and features will probably be available in the future but so far
the main format of the 35 mm film has remained unchanged with
just mild modifications that are better suited for the purpose
it was designed for. The most common aspects of the film
nowadays is considered the one that has 4 perforations, a
vertical pulldown and a density of around one frame in 19 mm.
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