General Information

Serial #

3 (.1)

Part Number

1

Total Parts

8

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL/ SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

182.0 cm

Width

150.0 cm

Height

180.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Cine images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

IMAX

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Galt

Context

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Florida

Period

THIS PROJECTOR USED FROM 1973 TO APPROX. 1992

Canada

IMAX PROJECTOR WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT IN CANADA BY CANADIANS. THIS PROJECTORIS THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN IN CANADA.

Function

USED TO PROJECT MOVIES ON HUGH SCREENS (75 FT X 100 FT) WITH SHARP FOCUS ON THE FILM PERIPHERY.

Technical

THE FILM FORMAT USED IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST CINE FORMAT AND PROVIDES OVER 17 MILLION PIXELS PER FRAME. THE LARGE SCREEN USED COVERS PERIPHERY VISION IN ALL DIRECTIONS. THE ROLLING LOOP PROJECTOR PRODUCES PICTURE STEADINESS AT LEAST 5 TIMES BETTER THAN CAN BE ACHIEVED BY CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1: DECALS [2]: 'IMAX/ IMAX SYSTEMS CORPORATION/ OAKVILLE, ONTARIO CANADA L6H 2R2'/ PLATE [2]: 'IMAX/ MULTISCREEN CORPORATION LIMITED, GALT, CANADA/ ROLLING LOOP PROJECTOR'/ PLATE: 'IMAX/ 12KW XENON/ PROJECTION ILLUMINATOR/ MANUFACTURED BY/ Optical Radition Corporation/ 6253 N; Irwindale Avenue, Azusa, Calif...'/.2: AROUND LENS 'ELCAN 1:2.4/60 287-2010-HEA LENS MADE IN CANADA'/.3: '85271/XE 178-1/ DURO/ TEST/ SC-D-599429/ ATTENTION:/ INSTALL LAMP BEFORE/ REMOVING THIS CASE/ CAUTION:/ REMOVE THIS CASE/ BEFORE LIGHTING LAMP'/ SCRATCHED ON: 'C300-15KW'/.4 ON SIDE: 'IMAX MULTISCREEN CORPORATION LIMITED GALT, CANADA'

Missing

From CA of 11/12/1997 by Pat Montero: No - Complete

Finish

.1 SIDE & FRONT PANELS - GLOSS WHITE PAINT WITH BLACK PRINTING/ BACK & TOP PANELS - BLACK GLOSS PAINT; SOME CHROMED PARTS/.2 BLACK WITH WHITE PRINTING & RED CAPS/.3 CLEAR CASE; CHROMED LAMP

Decoration

N/A