ISO 2939:2015

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 2939
Fourth edition
2015-06-15
Cinematography — Picture image
area on 35 mm motion-picture release
prints — Position and dimensions and
analogue and digital photographic
sound to picture record displacement
Cinématographie — Champ d’image sur les copies d’exploitation de
35 mm — Position et dimensions
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Position and dimensions . 1
4 Picture sound displacement . 1
5 Technical characteristics . 2
Annex A (informative) Compensation for slow speed of sound in air . 4
Bibliography . 5
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This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition (ISO 2939:2002), which has been technically
revised. The references to the position and locations of photographic sound records shown in the second
edition, and removed in the third edition, have been amended and replaced in this fourth edition together
with an informative annex providing information regarding the amendment.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 2939:2015(E)
Cinematography — Picture image area on 35 mm motion-
picture release prints — Position and dimensions and
analogue and digital photographic sound to picture
record displacement
1 Scope
This International Standard specifies the positions, dimensions, and location of image and photographic
sound records on 35 mm motion-picture release prints, which have been assigned for optical projection
based on ISO 2907 or transmitted by televi
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