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Specifications at a glance - Superscope & Superscope 235
Process Developer: Superscope, Inc. & RKO Radio Pictures Corp.
Year of Introduction: 1954

NEGATIVE SPECS:
Film Gauge: 35mm
Direction of travel: Vertical - four perforations - 24 fps
Camera Optics: Standard spherical
Aperture Dimensions: .980" x .735" (full silent aperture)
Max Aspect Ratio: N/A - See Print

PRINT SPECS:
Film Gauge: 35mm - Anamorphic lab conversion from flat photography
Direction of travel: Vertical - four perforations - 24 fps
Projector Optics: 2x Anamorphic squeeze
Aperture Dimensions: .715" x .715" (Superscope), .839" x .700" (Superscope 235)
Max Aspect Ratio: 2.0:1 (Superscope) / 2.35:1 (Superscope 235)
Sound Format: Optical monophonic - Standard perforations
The current system referred to (laughably) as Super 35 is identical to Superscope 235.

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