Ray and his students, for example, used Super 8 millimeter and 16 millimeter formats and early video technology, projected the images onto a screen and then refilmed these multiple images using a 35 millimeter camera.
The company continues to produce Kodachrome in 16 millimeter and 35 millimeter formats, but it is discontinuing the Super 8 version largely because a steadily declining market has made processing unprofitable.
They are 120-millimeter format.
In addition, the prerecorded repertory in the eight-millimeter format is growing steadily.
Some titles are also available in the 8-millimeter format and on LaserVision video disks.
Imax said it would change the sequels, "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions," to its 70-millimeter format.
The images gradually disappear". And the eight-millimeter format, he points out, is still the cheapest way to make films.
The only criterion for the open screening was that films had to be 8-millimeter, Super 8 or 16-millimeter format, no videotape.
At the time the 35-millimeter format of the Contax (and of its competitor, the Leica) was a novelty in the news business.
Once camera makers figured out how to make "user friendly" models with automatic exposure, focusing and film winding, any resistance to the 35-millimeter format vanished.
Ron Fricke's new film, "Samsara," shot in a grand and vibrant 70-millimeter format — including some remarkable time-lapse photography — is partly a Sontagian case for sustainability.
