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...movie palace of the future isn't cheap to build: as much as $8 million for an IMAX screen, in contrast to about $1 million for a conventional one. The projection system uses the largest commercial film format available--15-perforation 70 mm--10 times as large as conventional 35 mm. But IMAX and the theater owners hope to scale down costs too, for instance by replacing the $300 liquid-crystal eyeglasses used for 3-D movies with disposable polarized goggles. (The 3-D system can also show 2-D movies like Everest) IMAX films are shorter, so more customers...
...expect every film to get IMAXed. "As Good as It Gets is as good as it should be in 35 mm," says MacGillivray. But, he adds, speaking for all the 10-year-olds in North America, "Star Wars in IMAX would be great...
...future models, the APS magnetic strip may be used to capture voice clips or, eventually, even to record simultaneously a digital version of your film picture. For now, APS picture quality is roughly the same as 35-mm film. And like 35 mm, APS is available in different film speeds to match varying light conditions or snare fast-action shots. (As a rule, the slower the film speed, the sharper the resolution.) A note to travelers: APS film can be hard to find outside the U.S. and Japan, so stock up before leaving on that trip to foreign shores...
...affordable. Many of these tiny models will sell for $200 to $400, but more basic APS cameras are available for as little as $50. Just as critical to APS' budding success is the fact that you can get the film developed nearly anywhere in the U.S. that 35-mm film is processed, a far cry from the spotty APS services available just a year ago. That has camera and film companies, humbled after APS' sluggish start, talking big again. "I think APS will eventually replace 35-mm film for consumers," says Ted McGrath, president of the photography group at Fuji...
...begin later this year. Kodak also has a new $349 "film drive" for PCs that converts a roll of APS film into sharp, digitized pictures. Imagek, a unit of Irvine Sensors, is attempting to merge the two worlds inside the camera. Its "electronic film system," which converts any 35-mm model into a digital camera, is expected in August...