UltraPan 8
Introduced in 2011 by Nicholas Kovats, and implemented by Jean-Louis Seguin, this format uses Standard 8 film in a modified Bolex (H16 or H8) camera. The area of film exposed per frame is 10.52mm x 3.75mm, having an aspect ratio of 2.8:1. There are effectively two UP8 frames for every one 16mm frame. The design means there is no waste of film emulsion for the targeted aspect ratio. Earlier versions of this general idea date back to the 50s and exactly the same design occurs in implementations done during the 1960s and 1970s. The current implementation of the idea gains impetus from the relative ease with which digital delivery systems can handle what would otherwise have required, in the past, either a dedicated mechanical projector or the transfer to another film format for which projectors were already available.
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