skyjedi2005 said:I had always thought that was a 2:35:1 Anamorphic image. Obviously the negative area may be bigger than what is chosen to be actually shown as desired by the cinematographer.
Prior to 1970, it was a 2.35:1 anamorphic image. But after that, PanaVision cameras conformed to the 2.394:1 standard. The same film stock was used. Only the cameras changed. Of course, it's possible that he used 7+ year old cameras, but I wouldn't bet on it. The film for the 8-perf Vistavision camera, however, had a full negative AR of about 2.25:1 after being "unsqueezed". Exactly how much of that they matted during filming, I don't know.
I don't pretend to know everything about camera, apertures, and the like, but I'm confident in what little I do know... until someone proves me wrong, anyway.