jerlgrain said:
Wow, I am surprised. I don't think I could ever buy a pan/scan film for that kind of dough unless that was the original aspect ratio.
The original aspect ratio of a film can't ever be "pan/scan", because the term doesn't describe an aspect ratio. Instead - as the name suggests - it's the process of panning (and scanning) around in a frame of a wider aspect ratio, to keep an "optimal" framing in a frame with a narrower aspect ratio.
Technically the opposite (for example panning up/down in a 4:3 image, to keep a 16:9 ratio) would be pan/scan as well, as would any "smaller framing" panning around in a "larger frame". Usually though it's the thing above :D
Sorry for wiseassing ;)