

65mm film has about 3.5 times the area of 35mm, and IMAX runs the same 65mm film sideways, using 15 perfs per frame, so it is even bigger. That is why grain is almost invisible and wide landscapes look extremely sharp and grand.
Grand nature and city views, openings and climaxes of brand films, shots that show scale.
Public AI example available — Sora 2 guide 'IMAX aerials', 'epic, IMAX-scale scene', 'emulating 65 mm photochemical contrast'. The IMAX camera profile in Higgsfield Cinema Studio appears only in a third-party guide (vidpros), and it was not in the 4.0 camera options we checked on 2026-10-13.
Shot on 65mm large-format film, epic ultra-wide-scale shot of a lone rider crossing red desert canyons at sunrise, extremely fine grain, rich detail, majestic scale, locked-off camera, golden light with long shadows, awe-inspiring mood, 6-second shot.
shot on 65mm large-format film, IMAX-scale epic wide shot, extremely fine grain, rich detail
Oppenheimer (2023) — Shot with a mix of IMAX 65mm and 65mm large-format film, and part of it on IMAX black-and-white film · Lawrence of Arabia (1962) — A desert epic shot on 65mm negative with Super Panavision 70