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IMAX (an acronym for Image MAXimum) is a motion picture film format and a set of cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation and developed by Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert Kerr, and William C. Shaw.[1] IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems. Since 2002, some feature films have been converted (or upgraded) into IMAX format for display in IMAX theatres and some have also been partially shot in IMAX.
IMAX is the most widely used system for special-venue film presentations. As of 31 December 2013[update], there are 837 IMAX theatres in 57 countries.[2]
The desire to increase the visual impact of film has a long history. In 1929, Fox introduced Fox Grandeur, the first 70 mm film format, but it quickly fell from use.[3] In the 1950s, the potential of 35 mm film to provide wider projected images was explored in the processes of CinemaScope (1953) and VistaVision (1954), following multi-projector systems such as Cinerama (1952). While impressive, Cinerama was difficult to install.
During Expo 67 in Montreal, Kroitor's In the Labyrinth and Ferguson's Man and the Polar Regions both used multi-projector, multi-screen systems. Each encountered technical difficulties that led them to found a company called "Multiscreen", with a goal of developing a simpler approach. The single-projector/single-camera system they eventually settled upon was designed and built by Shaw based upon a novel "Rolling Loop" film-transport technology purchased from Peter Ronald Wright Jones, a machine shop worker from Brisbane, Australia (see US Patent US3494524). As it became clear that a single, large-screen image had more impact than multiple smaller ones and was a more viable product direction, Multiscreen changed its name to IMAX.
Tiger Child, the first IMAX film, was demonstrated at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan.[4] The first permanent IMAX installation was built at the Cinesphere theatre at Ontario Place in Toronto. It debuted in May 1971, showing the film North of Superior. The installation is still in place,[5] however, Ontario Place is on hiatus for redevelopment.
During Expo '74 in Spokane, Washington, an IMAX screen that measured 27 m × 20 m (89 ft × 66 ft) was featured in the US Pavilion (the largest structure in the expo). About five million visitors viewed the screen, which covered the viewer's total visual field when looking directly forward. This created a sensation of motion in most viewers, and motion sickness in some. An IMAX 3D theatre also is in operation near the former Expo 67 site at the Montreal Science Centre in the Port of Old Montreal.
The first permanent IMAX Dome installation, the Eugene Heikoff and Marilyn Jacobs Heikoff Dome Theatre at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, opened in San Diego's Balboa Park in 1973. It doubles as a planetarium. The first permanent IMAX 3D theatre was built in Vancouver, British Columbia for Transitions at Expo '86, and was in use until September 30, 2009.[6] It was located at the tip of Canada Place, a Vancouver landmark.
As China is now the second largest market after USA with roughly 25 IMAX theatres located throughout the country, IMAX aims to attract more viewers by decreasing the admission prices in China.[7]
IMAX in the USA has mostly been used for specialty applications. The expense and logistical challenges of producing and presenting IMAX films have led to approximately 40 minute shorter running times than conventional films. Most are documentaries suited for institutional venues such as museums and science centers. IMAX cameras have orbited the earth, climbed Mount Everest, explored the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, and visited the Antarctic. A film about the Mars Exploration Rovers, titled Roving Mars (2006), used exclusive data from the rovers.[8]
An early attempt at presenting mainstream entertainment in IMAX was The Rolling Stones: Live at the Max (1991), an 85-minute compilation of concert footage filmed in IMAX during the band's 1990 Steel Wheels tour, edited to give the impression of a single concert.
In the 1990s more entertainment short films were created, notably T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous in 1998 and Haunted Castle in 2001 (both in 3D). In 1995, French director Jean-Jacques Annaud directed Wings of Courage, the first dramatic picture shot for IMAX. In 1998 and '99, More and The Old Man and the Sea became the first short films produced using the IMAX format and both earned Academy Award nominations, with Old Man and the Sea winning (the only IMAX film to win an Oscar). In 2000, Disney produced Fantasia 2000, the first full-length animated feature initially released exclusively in the IMAX format.
The IMAX cinema process increases the image resolution by using a large-frame film; in relative terms, of producing a sharp movie image, a frame of 35mm film produces approximately six thousand lines (6K) of horizontal resolution, but an IMAX-format film frame produces approximately 18 thousand lines (18K) of horizontal resolution.[9]
To achieve such increased image resolution, 65mm film stock passes horizontally through the IMAX movie camera, 15 perforations at a time, resulting in a filming speed of 102.7 metres per minute. In a conventional 65mm camera, the film passes vertically through the camera, 5.0 perforations at a time, resulting in a filming speed of 34 metres per minute. In comparison, in a conventional 35mm camera, 35mm film passes vertically through the camera, at 4.0 perforations at a time, resulting in a filming speed of 27.4 metres per minute.[9]
In the Todd-AO 70mm-format of widescreen cinema, the image area of a 65mm film-frame is 48.5 mm × 22.1 mm (1.91 in × 0.87 in); in the IMAX-format of widescreen cinema, the movie image is taller than it is wide, given the film-frame dimensions of 69.6 mm × 48.5 mm (2.74 in × 1.91 in). To match the standard image resolution of the moving image produced with the film-speed of 24 frames per second, an IMAX film requires three times the length of (negative) film stock required for a 65mm film of comparable scope and cinematic technique.
The IMAX format is generically called "15/70" film, the name referring to the 15 sprocket holes or perforations per frame. The film's bulk requires horizontal platters, rather than conventional film reels.[10] IMAX platters range from 1.2 to 1.83 meters (3.9 to 6.0 ft) diameter to accommodate 1 to 2.75 hours of film. Platters with a 2.5 hour feature film weigh 250 kilograms (550 lb).
IMAX uses ESTAR-based print film[11] in their 15/70 rolling-loop film projection systems. ESTAR-based print film provides greater precision. The chemical development process does not change the size or shape of ESTAR print film, and IMAX's pin registration system (especially the camera mechanism) does not tolerate either sprocket-hole or film-thickness variations.
In order to use more of the image area, IMAX film does not include an embedded soundtrack. Instead, the IMAX system specifies a separate six-channel 35 mm (1.377 inch) magnetic film, recorded and played back on a film follower locked to picture, just as Vitaphone had been (utilizing 16-inch 33 1/3 RPM electrical transcription discs) in the early 20th century, and was the same technology used to provide the 7-channel soundtrack accompanying films photographed and exhibited in the Cinerama process in the mid-1950s.
By the early 1990s, a separate DTS-based 6-track digital sound system was used, similarly locked to the projector by a SMPTE time code synchronization apparatus, the audio played off a series of proprietarily encoded CD-ROM discs. In the late 1990s this system was upgraded to one using a hard drive which carries a single uncompressed audio file containing the 6 channels. These are then converted directly to analogue rather than using a decoding method such as DTS.
Like conventional theatres, IMAX theatres place speakers both directly behind the acoustically transparent screen and around the theatre to create a "surround sound" effect. IMAX also provides a "top centre" speaker in addition to the centre speaker found in conventional theatres. This extra channel allows the sound mix engineers to take advantage of the screen's greater height.[12]
Drawing the large film through the projector presented challenges for both the camera and the projector. Conventional 70 mm systems were not steady enough for the 586× magnification. On the projector side, William Shaw adapted an Australian patent for film transport called the "rolling loop" by adding a compressed air "puffer" to accelerate the film, and put a cylindrical lens in the projector's "aperture block". The projector uses a vacuum to pull the film into contact with this lens. Thus the "field flattener" flattens the image field. The lens is twice the height of the film and connects to a pneumatic piston so it can be moved up or down while the projector is running. This way, if a piece of dust comes off the film and sticks to the lens, the projectionist can switch to the clean side of the lens at the push of a button. The lens also has "wiper bars" made of a felt or brush-like material which can wipe dust off the lens as it moves up or down. IMAX projectors are pin stabilized, meaning four registration pins engage the perforations at the corners of the projected frame to ensure perfect alignment. Shaw added cam-controlled arms to decelerate each frame to eliminate the microscopic shaking as the frame "settled" onto the registration pins. The projector's shutter is open around 20% longer than in conventional equipment and the light source is brighter. The xenon short-arc lamps are made of a thin layer of fused quartz and contain xenon gas at a pressure of about 25 atmospheres (367 PSI); because of this, projectionists are required to wear protective body armor when changing or handling these in case the lamp breaks (e.g., due to a drop to the floor) because of the danger from flying quartz shards when propelled by the high pressure of the xenon gas within. An IMAX projector weighs up to 1.8 tonne (2 short tons) and is over 178 cm (6 ft) tall and 195 cm (6 ft) long.
IMAX Corporation has released four projector types that use its 15-perforation, 70 mm film format: GT (Grand Theatre), GT 3D (dual rotor), SR (Small Rotor), and MPX, which was designed for retrofitted theatres.[13] In July 2008, the company introduced a digital projection system, which it has not given a distinct name or brand, designed for multiplex theatres with screens no wider than 21.3 m (70 ft). All IMAX projectors, except the standard GT system, can project 3D images.
IMAX theatres are described as either "Classic Design" (purpose-built structures), or "Multiplex Design" (retrofitted auditoriums).[8] Classic IMAX theatre construction differs significantly from conventional theatres. The increased resolution allows the audience to be much closer to the screen; typically all rows are within one screen height; conventional theatre seating runs 8 to 12 screen heights. Also, the rows of seats are set at a steep angle (up to 30° in some domed theatres) so that the audience is facing the screen directly.[14]
A standard IMAX screen is 22 m × 16.1 m (72 ft × 53 ft), but can be significantly larger. The world's largest IMAX screen is in Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia, and measures 35.7 m x 29.7 m (117.1 ft x 97.4 ft).[15][16]
In the late 1960s the San Diego Hall of Science (now known as the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center) began searching North America for a large-format film system to project on the dome of their planned 23.16 m (76.0 ft) tilted dome planetarium. The standard IMAX projector was unsuitable for use inside a dome because it had a 3.65 m (12.0 ft) tall lamp house on top. IMAX Corporation redesigned its system, adding an elevator to lift the projector to the center of the dome from the projection booth below. Spectra Physics designed a suitable lamphouse that took smaller, 46 cm (18 in) lamps and placed the bulb behind the lens instead of above the projector. In 1970,[17] Ernst Leitz Canada, Ltd. (now ELCAN Optical Technologies) won a contract to develop and manufacture a fisheye lens projection system optimized to project an image onto a dome instead of a flat screen.
The dome system, which the San Diego Hall of Science called OMNIMAX, uses films shot with a camera equipped with a fisheye lens that squeezes a highly distorted 180° field of view onto the 65 mm IMAX film. The lens is aligned below the center of the frame and most of the bottom half of the circular field falls beyond the edge of the film. The part of the field that would fall below the edge of the dome is masked. When filming, the camera is aimed upward at an angle that matches the tilt of the dome. When projected through a matching fisheye lens onto a dome, the original panoramic view is recreated. OMNIMAX wraps 180° horizontally, 100° above the horizon and 22° below the horizon for a viewer at the center of the dome. OMNIMAX premiered in 1973 showing Voyage to the Outer Planets (produced by Graphic Films) and Garden Isle (by Roger Tilton Films) on a double bill.
IMAX has since renamed the system IMAX Dome. However, some theatres continue to call it OMNIMAX.
OMNIMAX theatres inhabit theme parks and North American museums, particularly those with a scientific focus, where the technical aspects of the system may be highlighted as part of the attraction. The projection room is often windowed to allow public viewing and accompanied by informational placards like other exhibits. The screen may be a permanent fixture, such as at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois, Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the St. Louis Science Center, Boston's Museum of Science, Richmond's Science Museum of Virginia, Birmingham, Alabama's McWane Science Center and US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL and Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, OH; or lowered and raised as needed, such as at the Canadian Museum of History (where it shares an auditorium with a standard IMAX screen). The entire dome can be raised to show flat screen features and lowered for dome features. For the flat screen theaters, before the feature begins, the screen can be backlit to show the speakers and girders behind it. While the majority of museum installations focus on educational and documentary films, on special occasions, entertainment films are also shown, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. The largest in North America are at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey and the Telus World of Science in Vancouver, BC, both of which have dome screens 27 metres (89 ft) in size.
To create the illusion of depth, the IMAX 3D process uses two separate camera lenses that represent the left and right eyes. The lenses are separated by a distance of 64 mm (2.5 in), the average distance between a human's eyes. Two separate rolls of film are used to capture the images they produce. The IMAX 3D camera weighs over 113 kg (249 lb).
By projecting the two films superimposed on the screen and using one of several available methods to direct only the correct image to each eye, viewers see a 3D image on a 2D screen.
One method is to use polarizing filters to oppositely polarize the light used in projecting each image. The viewer wears glasses with polarizing filters oriented to match the projector filters, so that the filter over each eye blocks the light used to project the images intended for the other eye.
In another method, the two projections rapidly alternate. While one image is being shown, the projection of its mate is blocked. Each frame is shown more than once to increase the rate and suppress flicker. The viewer wears shutter glasses with liquid crystal shutters that block or transmit light in sync with the projectors, so each eye sees only the images meant for it.
Several of the early films that had been produced in digital 3D for release in conventional theaters were also presented in IMAX 3D, including Avatar, Gravity and The Amazing Spider-Man.
Variations on IMAX included the 48 frames per second IMAX HD process, which sought to produce smoother, more lifelike motion, while also reducing the blurring of moving objects, by doubling the normal film rate. The IMAX HD system was tested in 1992 at the Canada Pavilion of the Seville Expo '92 with the film Momentum.[18] Higher production costs, and the high "wear-and-tear" on the prints and projectors, doomed the IMAX HD system, but, not before many theatres had been retrofitted to project at 48 frames, especially in Canada, in order to play Momentum.[19] In the 1990s theme parks in Thailand, Germany, and Las Vegas used IMAX HD for their Motion Simulator rides.[20] The Disney parks attraction Soarin' Over California features a modification of both IMAX HD and IMAX Dome, projecting in 48 frames per second. Although The Hobbit trilogy has been shown in IMAX DMR at high frame rate, it is unknown if the IMAX HD system has been used.
The doubled IMAX HD frame rate means that each IMAX HD reel lasts half as long, and the logistical implications of this reach throughout the film production chain. IMAX production by default is at least 3 to 5 times more expensive than common 35mm production. The further increase in IMAX HD has prevented significant adoption.
Because 70mm film and projectors are costly and difficult to mass produce, IMAX debuted a digital projection system in 2008. It uses two projectors that can present either 2D or 3D content in DCI or IMAX Digital Format (IDF) (which in itself is a superset of DCI). As of 2012[update], IDF uses 2K-resolution Christie projectors with Texas Instruments' Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology alongside parts of IMAX's proprietary formats. The two 2K images are projected over each other to make the image brighter.
The digital installations have caused some controversy, as many theaters have branded their screens as IMAX after merely retrofitting standard auditoriums with IMAX digital projectors. The screen sizes in these auditoriums are much smaller than those in the purpose-built auditoriums of the original 15/70 IMAX format. These theaters charge the same premium pricing as the purpose-built IMAX theaters, resulting in consumer confusion.
Another disadvantage is the much lower resolution of digital IMAX compared to traditional IMAX film, which is estimated to be up to 8,700 lines of vertical resolution on the camera negative and 4,500 on a release print.[21] Some reviewers also note that many non-IMAX theaters are already projecting films at 4K resolution, while digital IMAX has deployed both 2K and 4K products.
Despite these concerns, IMAX has consistently chosen to hold to a uniform marketing position of "The IMAX Experience" regardless of the various underlying technologies and screen sizes.[22] Some high profile figures such as film critic Roger Ebert[23] and others also actively voiced their concerns. On February 3, 2012, IMAX announced that it had selected Barco as the primary supplier of projectors for the next seven years.[24] In late April 2012, IMAX began testing a new 4K laser-projection system, based on patents licensed from Eastman Kodak. Like the film and digital systems, it uses two projectors but it has been said to improve over the smaller digital screens by retaining the traditional IMAX aspect ratio and to allow films to be shown on screens 36 m (120 feet) wide or more. The laser projector will be available to exhibitors in the fourth quarter of 2013.[25]
The format has also aided in the company's worldwide growth, especially in Russia and China. Mainly because the system facilitates inexpensive distribution of IMAX features, the company has recently announced that they are re-renovating specially selected locations around the world to present both 70mm analog as well as digital presentations. To do so, IMAX has, with another, currently unknown, business partner, developed a rail system that allows the projectors to be moved in and out if there is either a full-frame film print available or a digital-only release. These theaters were prepared in time for the release of The Dark Knight Rises in July 2012.[26]
In 2011, IMAX announced a 4K 3D digital camera with the similar wide resolution of regular IMAX film cameras. The camera was developed alongside Vision Research and AbelCine, integrating two Phantom 65 engines. A prototype camera was used for the documentary Born to be Wild, in which approximately 10% of the finished film was shot with the system.[27] It has been said that the company has no intention of replacing the higher resolution film cameras with the new digital camera, but the latter can be used in scenes that require a lightweight or relatively small 3D camera in order to film it without issue. Currently while IMAX has completed the production camera and has been placed into service on several films, there are no plans to produce an IMAX film using solely the new digital system. Transformers: Age of Extinction was partially filmed with the Phantom 65 IMAX 3D camera.[28]
Before the end of the 1990's, theatrical features were deemed impossible to run in the IMAX venues at the time, as there was a technical limitation on the size of the film reel where films had to be run around two hours. Originally IMAX and Pixar were considering re-releasing Toy Story in 3D, but the results of the tests displayed that the render resolution could not match to the size of the IMAX image.[29] DreamWorks in the early 2000's wanted to re-release Shrek in IMAX 3D, but this too was canceled as a result of creative changes in the studio.[30] These failed attempts at re-releases did inspire IMAX to experiment and improve their ability in presenting computer-animation in their theaters. Their compilation CyberWorld was the result, which contained new original animation and IMAX-presented versions of computer animated tests and music videos. Cyberworld even presented open-matte 3D versions of the bar sequence from Antz and the Homer3 segment from The Simpsons, both coincidentally were animated at Pacific Data Images.
Walt Disney Pictures became the first studio to release theatrical films in the IMAX process. Released on New Year's Day in 2000, Fantasia 2000 was the studio's first IMAX release and the first theatrical feature to be presented in IMAX theaters. It was originally planned as a standard theatrical release, but in agreeing with the company to release the film, the IMAX sound system incorporated a multi-channel and multi-layer stereo system for the orchestrated soundtrack, similar to the Fantasound system Walt Disney used for the original film decades ago. The company agreed to Disney's terms and conditions to gain the exclusive first showings of the film. These included a limited engagement of 4 months (from January 1 to April 30) and 50% of the box office receipts. Not all IMAX cinemas were prepared to accept Disney's terms to present the film; however, following the IMAX release, a standard 35mm run followed in June at regular theatres.
Although Fantasia 2000 had a luke-warm financial run, the critical praise for its use of the IMAX format convinced Disney to put more releases in the giant-screen format in the pipeline. In 2002, IMAX re-issues of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King were released in select theaters over the winter and Christmas seasons of that year. New digital masters were created from the original CAPS production files and select scenes of animation were cleaned up to make use of the high resolution IMAX film negatives. Treasure Planet was also released in select IMAX theaters and was the first theatrical film to be released in regular and IMAX theaters simultaneously. But all of these releases had underwhelming box office returns and Disney canceled later big-screen re-releases, including Aladdin.
With the unveiling of the DMR process (see below), Warner Bros. Pictures especially embraced the format beginning in 2003 with the two Matrix sequels, Reloaded and Revolutions. Since The Prisoner of Azkaban in 2004, Warner Bros. began releasing the Harry Potter film franchise in IMAX to strong financial success. Also in 2004 the studio released Robert Zemeckis' motion-capture film The Polar Express in IMAX 3D. Polar Express became the most successful film to be released in IMAX theatres, producing at least a quarter of the film's gross of $302 million from fewer than 100 IMAX screens.[citation needed] Success for Warner Bros. and IMAX followed in later years with I Am Legend, Happy Feet, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Progressively other studios became further interested in releasing films in IMAX through the DMR process and have earned success through it. In 2009, J. J. Abrams' Star Trek was released for initially two weeks in IMAX venues in May and opened to $8.3 million dollars.[31] The IMAX opening weekends of The Avengers and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 have since grossed $15 million.
Though they weren't filmed with IMAX cameras, Skyfall and The Amazing Spider-Man were optimized for IMAX digital screens when they were released. Both movies were filmed in high-resolution cameras and the digital negative ratio was equal to that of the IMAX Digital frame. Skyfall increased the visual information of the entire film while Amazing Spider-Man optimized the finale battle with the Lizard. James Cameron's Titanic when it was restored and re-released in theaters also specially made an open-matte version for IMAX. In 2010 after years of successful IMAX DMR releases, Warner Bros. signed a deal to release up to 20 feature films in IMAX up to 2013, including educational documentaries that were in production.[32] The deal is currently set to finish with the second part of The Hobbit in 2013.
IMAX's proprietary DMR (Digital Media Remastering) process allows conventional films to be upconverted into IMAX format. This special digital intermediate technology allowed films shot on 35mm for conventional theatres to be shown in IMAX venues. In 2002, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and an IMAX-format re-release of the 1995 film Apollo 13, were the first official applications of the DMR process. Because of the projection limitations at the time, Apollo 13 and Attack of the Clones had to be edited down from their original length. As IMAX updated the system and expanded the size of the platters, the later DMR releases did not have this limitation; current platters allow a run time of up to 175 minutes.
Reviewers have generally praised the results of the DMR blowup process, which are visually and audibly superior to the same films projected in 35mm.[citation needed] But some filmmakers, such as producer Frank Marshall, point out that DMR blowups are not comparable to films created directly in the 70 mm 15 perf IMAX format, and that directors Ron Howard and George Lucas expected better.[33] They note that the decline of Cinerama coincided roughly with its replacement by a simpler, cheaper, technically inferior version, and view DMR with alarm. IMAX originally reserved the phrase "the IMAX experience" for true 70 mm productions, but now allows its use on DMR productions as well.
After The Lion King in 2003, no Hollywood studio engaged in re-releasing and restoring classic films through the IMAX DMR process until 2012 although ongoing conversion of new releases continued and continued to grow in number. James Cameron's Titanic underwent both 3D conversion and DMR conversion to 3D in 2012 as did Men in Black 3. In August 2012 IMAX and Paramount Pictures announced a one-week exclusive re-release of Raiders of the Lost Ark on September 7, 2012, to promote the release of the Blu-Ray collection. The film, before it underwent DMR, was already restored in a 4K digital intermediate with 7.1 surround sound from the original negative. The process for IMAX theaters, like with the complete restoration, was supervised by Steven Spielberg and sound designer Ben Burtt. "I didn't know if the 1981 print would stand up to a full IMAX transfer, so I came expecting a sort of grainy, muddy, and overly enlarged representation of the movie I had made years ago," Spielberg said. "I was blown away by the fact that it looked better than the movie I had made years ago." For other DMR releases and re-releases see List of IMAX DMR films.
Some recent features have employed IMAX cameras for select scenes, however no full-length feature film has yet been shot entirely using IMAX cameras due to the numerous difficulties presented with the format – the cameras are much larger and heavier than standard cameras and as they are noisier it makes dialogue recording difficult.[34] The cameras have short film loads ranging from 30 seconds to two minutes[34] and the cost of the film stock is much greater than standard 35mm film.[35]
The Dark Knight features six sequences (a total of 28 minutes) shot using IMAX. According to the film's press notes, this was the "first time ever that a major feature film has been even partially shot using IMAX cameras".[36] Even before Dark Knight, Nolan had wanted to shoot a film in the IMAX format, and he also used it for quiet scenes which pictorially he thought would be interesting. Nolan said that he wished that it were possible to shoot the entire film in IMAX: "if you could take an IMAX camera to Mount Everest or outer space, you could use it in a feature movie." In addition, Nolan chose to edit some of the IMAX sequences using the original camera negative, which by eliminating generation loss, raised the film resolution of those sequences up to 18 thousand lines. When the film opened in 94 IMAX venues in 2008, all of them were sold out for the opening weekend.
A year later, director Michael Bay was inspired by IMAX's use in The Dark Knight to feature big-screen sequences in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.[37] The film's co-writer Roberto Orci suggested that the IMAX footage would be 3D, but Bay later said that considering himself an "old school" filmmaker, he found 3D gimmicky and added that shooting in IMAX was easier than using stereoscopic cameras. The IMAX version of the film, in the end, contained almost ten minutes of IMAX-filmed footage out of the two and a half hour film. Bay later partially filmed the third Transformers film, Dark of the Moon in 3D but without IMAX. Bay returned to IMAX for the fourth film, Age of Extinction, in 2014. It will be the first feature film to be shot using digital IMAX 3D cameras.[38]
Two years later, Brad Bird's Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol had 25 minutes of footage shot using IMAX cameras.[39][40] Bird believed that using IMAX format would bring back "a level of showmanship" to the presentation of Hollywood films, which he believes the industry has lost due to its emphasis on screening films in multiplexes as opposed to grand theaters, and vetoing "first runs" in favor of wider initial releases.[41] He also added that the IMAX format offered the viewer more immersion than digital 3D due to its brighter, higher quality image, which is projected on a larger screen, without the need for specialised glasses. Ghost Protocol opened on December 16, 2011, in almost 500 IMAX venues worldwide a week before its wide release where it earned third place in the box office and $12 million dollars.
Like with The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan decided to film sequences of the sequel, The Dark Knight Rises, in 15/70mm IMAX.[42] Nolan elected not to film in 3-D and stated that he intends to focus on improving image quality and scale using the IMAX format. In a Hollywood record, The Dark Knight Rises featured 72 minutes of footage shot in IMAX (in comparison, The Dark Knight contained 28 minutes.) But because of the considerable noise made by IMAX cameras, 35mm and 70mm cameras had to be used for shooting the film's dialogue scenes, and dialogue had to be dubbed when shot with IMAX cameras. Chairman and president of the IMAX Corporation Greg Foster stated that IMAX plans to run the film in its theaters for two months, despite only being contractually committed to run the film for two weeks in some theaters.
J. J. Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness,[43] Francis Lawrence's The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,[44] Luc Besson's Lucy,[45] and Christopher Nolan's Interstellar[46] are recently released films to have sequences filmed in IMAX.
On July 9, 2014, Bad Robot (JJ Abrams production company) confirmed via a picture uploaded to Twitter that select scenes in Disney & Lucasfilm's upcoming "Star Wars Episode VII" would be captured with the IMAX 15/70 perf film camera, in addition to the standard 35mm film cameras that Abrams and his cinematographer Dan Mindel have employed for shooting the movie.[47]
In 1996 IMAX was awarded the Oscar for Scientific and Technical Achievement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[48] The award cited IMAX's innovations in creating and developing a method of filming and exhibiting large-format, wide-angle motion pictures.[49]
To date, ten native-format IMAX format films have received Academy Awards nomination, with one winner. While on technical aspects and the usage of the IMAX system, only Wally Pfister's cinematography on The Dark Knight has earned a nomination.
Many IMAX films have been remastered into HDTV format (cropped to fit into HDTV's 16:9 aspect ratio) for the MOJO HD, HDNet and HD Theatre networks and release on DVD and Blu-Ray disk.
In July 2005 the BFI IMAX Cinema in London became the first to host live music concerts, using a digital non-IMAX projector.[citation needed] The Science Museum London and BFI IMAX Cinema have also hosted computer game tournaments using digital projectors.[citation needed]
Several amusement park attractions have integrated IMAX film segments, including Back to the Future: The Ride formerly at Universal Studios in Florida and California, Horizons, formerly at Epcot Center and Soarin' Over California at Disney California Adventure Park and Epcot.
IMAX Dome/OMNIMAX
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The Cinesphere in Toronto, the first IMAX theatre in the world
The iconic golden snail IMAX at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta, Indonesia, since 1975
IMAX 3D at "Broadway at the Beach", at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
The VieShow Theatre in Taipei, Taiwan.
An IMAX theatre located in the Tennessee Aquarium at Chattanooga.
IMAX film theatre in the Esquire Tower, Sacramento, California.
The IMAX Peace Cinema in Shanghai, China.
IMAX-Cinema in Vienna, which closed on November 16, 2005
LG IMAX in Sydney, Australia. The largest screen in the world.
SAIMAX IMAX Theater at San Antonio, Texas, United States
IMAX at the National Museum of the United States Air Force – Dayton, Ohio
Prasads IMAX, Hyderabad, India. It is the second largest IMAX 3D screen in the world.
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If you're like me and are shaking off the hangover that was Dubai Racing Festival, huge Florida Derby card at Gulfstream and NCAA Final Four, there's no better time than to have a little of the dog that bit you and play any number of big games at Derby Wars today. The Fair Grounds ends their racing season with three grade II affairs, including the wide open Louisiana Derby. So let's get after it by starting in the Big Easy…
Fair Grounds Race 8, New Orleans Handicap, 1 1/8 miles
Pants of Fire and Nehro return to the scene of their hotly contested 2011 Louisiana Derby. In that edition, Pants on Fire barely held on for the victory while Nehro found racing room and his best stride right before the wire. You'll remember that Pants of Fire finished up the track at Churchill, while Nehro again closed well for a second place Derby finish. Nehro then went into the Thoroughbred Witness Protection Program before resurfacing six weeks ago, romping home in an allowance affair. The biggest threat to these two is Mission Impazible, a two-time stakes winner at the track (Louisiana and New Orleans), who was disregarded in the Donn Handicap where only a nose separated him and Hymn Book at the wire. The head says Mission Impazilbe, the heart says Nehro, who catches a break in the weights and has much better odds – Nehro it is.
Fair Grounds Race 9, Mervin H. Muniz Handicap, about 1 1/8 miles on turf
I overhead a gambler much wiser than I once say, "If a horse likes the Fair Grounds turf – which is unusually in its length and cut – take him on the return to the Fair Grounds."
There are three such returnees here today:
Smart Bid, a two Fair Grounds turf winner, including last year's Muniz
Suntracer, a four-year-old, trying to bridge the gap from allowance winner to graded stakes winner
Mr. Vegas whose latest trainer, Richard Scherer, has somehow turned this recent five-year-old from a NY-bred allowance winner into graded-stakes winner
Suntracer has the juiciest odds, Mr. Vegas will have a strong say in the outcome from beginning to end and Smart Bid is your most likely winner. If Miguel Mena, aboard Mr. Vegas, is allowed to set leisurely fractions on the front end, he'll be very tough to catch – that's why he's my top choice.
Fair Grounds Race 10, Louisiana Derby, 1 1/8 miles
While Cigar Street is likely to be the "wise guy horse," I say he is more likely to bounce off such a strong maiden win three weeks ago than win here. Shared Property is the most likely candidate to improve while he breaks somewhere besides "out there" in double-digit post land. The Larry Jones entry looks to be toughest to beat. While Mark Valeski shows nice, steady progression in his speed figures (something I always like to see), Mr. Bowling may just bounce back in a big way. Problem is 2-1 or 3-1 is all you'll probably get for your troubles. Windsurfer, a recent maiden breaker in Florida, intrigues the most and has been working well at Palm Meadows. At least he has one more win than long shot Flashy Sunrise. Zipping along in his workouts and adding the blinkers first-time, I say take a shot with Shared Property.
If you love low-level claiming events in which horses are 0-for-their-last 12 than Gulfstream is the place for you today. Really can't stomach or recommend much on the card, but let me give this race a timid pick: A Miss Named T. Why? Well, she just hasn't lost as much as anyone else in here since she is only making her second start after a mildly interesting start, when she only finished 2 lengths behind the winner. She also gets a new trainer in Dale Romans and a new rider in Jesus Castanon, so why not?
Gulfstream Race 9, Maiden Claimers, 1 mile
This race is absolutely crying out for a first-time starter. In here we have just one, First Won, that is. The owner/trainer has not rolled out a first-tiime winner in two years, nor has he had a starter win going a mile or longer first out. All the more reason to take a shot, no one else will be and his odds promise to be high. At least First Won has put together some moderate to fast works and breaks from the outside. If he breaks well, you should have something to root for by the time the finish line creeps up.
Santa Anita Race 4, Optional Claimer, 6 ½ furlongs down the turf
My top choice in here goes against my feelings in picking a down the turf winner, mainly looking for experience in running this unusual course. My reason for changing course here is that Plenny of Henny is the only multiple winner in the field and overshadows this field in racing and winning experience. Will he take to the hill or the turf first time? Not sure, but I find him the most reasonable risk/reward bet in here.
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Britain's quiet home energy revolution: Kemp
LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Britain's homes are in the midst
of an energy-efficiency revolution, though that may come as a
surprise and not much comfort to their occupants, who are still
struggling with the highest heating and power bills for over two
Between 2005 and 2011, average household power and gas
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LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Fracking set off a modern day
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Landowners received hundreds or even thousands of dollars
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use on any given day or month, they have come to expect that
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Fracking battle holds unflattering mirror up to Britain: Kemp
LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The village of Balcombe in West
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microcosm of the contradictions besetting Britain's policies on
energy and economic development.
Like households across the rest of the country, Balcombe's
residents use rather a lot of fossil fuels.
Computers, trees and terrorism, lessons from 2003 US blackout: Kemp
LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Exactly ten years ago, at 15:05
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into contact with an overgrown tree near Cleveland, Ohio.
What happened next is a frightening case study of how
vulnerable modern economies are to even a small disruption in
vital and highly interconnected systems.
Petroleum nationalism fades as super-cycle cools: Kemp
LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) – The balance of power between host
countries and petroleum companies has shifted decisively as a
result of the shale revolution and the push into deepwater oil
and gas fields off the coast of Latin America and Africa.
The first decade of the 21st century was dominated by talk
about increasing "resource nationalism" as governments demanded
a greater share of the revenues from natural resources located
on their territory.
U.S. cracks apart London's commodity market omerta: Kemp
LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) – "See no evil, hear no evil, speak
no evil" might well have been the motto for Britain's commodity
market regulators in recent years.
In too many instances, light-touch self-regulation by the
exchanges, overseen by the Financial Services Authority (FSA),
now reincarnated as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has
degenerated into ineffective or no regulation.
U.S. shale mania costs latecomers dear: Kemp
LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Shale sceptics have seized on big
writedowns in the value of shale gas and oil properties in North
America to question whether the fracking revolution could be
running into trouble.
On Aug. 1, Shell became the latest in a long line
of oil and gas companies to reveal a multi-billion-dollar
writedown in acreage value.
'Free power Saturdays' herald electricity pricing revolution: Kemp
LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Centrica, which supplies
electricity in the United Kingdom through its British Gas
subsidiary, has said it could offer free power to residential
consumers on Saturdays from next year, provided they have a
smart meter installed.
"Free power Saturdays" are a masterful piece of marketing
and illustrate how quickly smart metering will transform the way
residential customers use and pay for electricity in Britain and
around the world.
More mines open, making rare earths less rare: Kemp
LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) – The United States has resumed
mining rare earths after more than a decade, ending its total
reliance on imports, mostly from China, for raw minerals
Washington says are critical for the economy and national
Responding to a quadrupling of prices between 2005 and 2011
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The two apartments for 4-6 persons are located on the first floor of the country house 'Il Vecchio Ippocastano' (total of 5 holiday self catering apartments, the other 3 are for max 2/3 persons and are promoted in another webpage).
The whole 16th century building has been renovated many times, last in 2010 and the project was designed by the holistic architect Brunella Franceschini who is also the property's owner, in the past it used to be her ancestor's summer holiday villa and they used to come from Spoleto by carriages to enjoy the mountain fresh air (we are at about 900 mts of altitude)...
With much attention and love the apartments have been created with particular attention on comfort and harmony using natural materials like local limestone and chestnut wood. The furniture is entirely made with natural wood and it's also integrated with ancient family furnishings. The atmosphere is warm and cozy.
The apartments include a large bedroom with a chestnut wooden loft and two beds, a big bathroom (shower) with window, a living room with stone fireplace and another loft with two further beds, a fully equipped cooking corner.
Few steps away you could enjoy genuine biological food at the Restaurant il Vecchio Ippocastano. A two min walking distance there is the local bazar with fresh daily food products.
You need a car while staying at the property to discover the nearby historic towns of Cascia, Norcia and Spoleto or to get to the National Park of Sibillini Mountains.
The property boasts a brand new 5X10 mt pool with salt water. There is a big pergola area just outside the big breakfast room where you can eat "al fresco" and use the property's barbecue . There is wi-fi internet included in the rate in garden and reception area. Small pets are allowed, check with us!
If you like sports you could enjoy trekking, nordic walking, rafting on Nera River, mountain bike, horse riding all within a short driving distance from the countryhouse.
Size | Sleeps up to 6, 2 bedrooms |
Nearest beach | San Benedetto del Tronto 100 km |
Access | Car essential |
Nearest Amenities | 8 km |
Nearest travel links | Nearest airport: Perugia airport 100 km, Nearest railway: Spoleto train station 50 km |
Family friendly | Great for children of all ages |
Notes | Some pets are welcome - please contact the owner, No smoking at this property |
Luxuries | Internet access |
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Umbria, the green heart of Italy! It is a small Region in the central Italy, rich in history and culture but above all...nature!
Green rolling hills, sunflowers fields, olive trees, medieval towns, cultural events, delicious genuine food and wine..all of these and much more is a vacation in Umbria, Italy.
Strategically located between Rome and Florence, Umbria can be chosen as an ideal base to spend a holiday discovering the central part of Italy. Choosing to stay in Valnerina, in the South East part of Umbria means living a relaxing vacation in the unspoiled nature, discovering old enchanting towns, mystic sites, or dedicating time for outdoor sport activities such as rafting on the Nera River, Trekking on Sibillini Mountain National Park, cycling, horse riding or simply dedicating time for yourself in a tranquil and quiet corner of the world.
It is an area famous for the "black diamond" (the truffles).
The village of Avendita lies on a beautiful plateau, 875 Meters a.s.l. The small village (only 100 inhabitants) is especially convenient for people who want to enjoy a relaxing and healthy holiday, breathing the fresh and clear air of the mountains. The village has very old origins, most likely dating back to Roman times, as many archaeological finds testify.
In the small town centre, on a cosy square, you'll find the church St. Procolo, the old parish church. Inside the church you can see a precious 16th century organ, a rare example of this Renaissance masterpieces in Umbria.
Two noble houses stand on the square, their old stones characterize this historical, charming place.
Within close distance you'll find some of the most important historical and artistic Umbrian towns, such as Norcia, Cascia, Spoleto.


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'See, that's how good little ducklings do it,' you can say hopefully to the kids as they watch the baby birds obediently waddle after mum around the park…Sandyholme Holiday Park's (fenced) wildlife pond with its flocks of geese and ducks is a big favourite with ducklings of all flavours, as is the peaceful location, the chilled out atmosphere and the sounds of birds tweeting from the trees as you let all the stresses of everyday life roll away from you like water off a duck's back…
Sandyholme is tucked away in a secluded location on the edge of the scenic West Dorset villages of Owemoigne and West Dorset, surrounded by leafy trees and with excellent amenities: clean as a whistle showers and loos, a launderette, a licensed shop on site and wifi access across the whole park for those who simply must stay on the grid.
Spacious flat pitches with electric hook-up are available for tents, tourers and motorhomes, and well-behaved dogs are welcome. The ducklings will be quacking happily over the children's playground and games room, while the knowledgeable staff and tourist information at the park will help out with lashings of info on walks and things to do nearby for the whole family – museums, events, seaside towns and local family-friendly inns among many others.
Guests at Sandyholme can also use the facilities at fellow West Dorset Leisure Holidays site Highlands End Holiday Park 18 miles west for a small charge: take your pick from an indoor pool, sauna/steam room, tennis court or pitch and putt, before getting your beaks twitching at the meals in the family bar.
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Go a-roamin' to Dorchester's Roman Amphitheatre or the Roman townhouse remains in the grounds of County Hall, get your toes wet or go fishing at seaside resorts Charmouth, Lyme Regis and West Bay, get energetic with easily accessible golfing, fishing, scuba diving and sailing, take in the views of Golden Cap and the island of Portland from Chesil Bank and West Bay, or just pack a picnic and explore Dorset's World Heritage Jurassic Coast…there are walks and trails all around the countryside surrounding Sandyholme to find the perfect chill out spot.
The Lawrence Trail, following the story of writer and soldier T.E. Lawrence, starts at the Tank Museum in Bovington and winds through the nearby villages of Owermoigne and Moreton: chatter with the primates at Bovington's Monkey World too, then have a mouth-watering Dorset munch at the tearooms in Morton's old schoolhouse before wandering around Moreton Gardens.
Savvy shoppers should make a stroll around Bridport a top tick on the shopping list: this market town has some of the widest streets in England and has had an outdoor Saturday market since permish was granted by Liz the First way back in the sixteenth century; you can now double your chances of finding a bargain by browsing the market on Wednesdays too. There are over a thousand listed buildings in Bridport for you to lug all your shopping around – try the eighteenth century town hall before rewarding all that historical virtue and wetting your whistle with the ale at the eighteenth century Palmers Brewery. Beaminster, Dorchester and Sherborne are good additional options for maxing out the credit cards with handcrafted goodies and shops to suit all tastes and budgets.
The seaside town of Weymouth is just one of many to spend a day or afternoon in, following in the watery steps of George III who came here fourteen times in the hope that a Weymouth dip would cure his bouts of insanity (it didn't, but it did put Weymouth on the map as a top tourist destination). Today, there are family attractions and events alongside the safe beach and picturesque harbour: after the Punch and Judy or bouncing on the trampolines, challenge the kids to make a sand sculpture to top those of Weymouth's sand modeller, a family tradition in the town since the 1920s.
Water quality at nearby bathing waters
Distance | Type | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
Ringstead Bay Weymouth And Portland, Dorset |
3.6m | Sea | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
Durdle Door West Purbeck, Dorset |
4.5m | Sea | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
Durdle Door East Purbeck, Dorset |
4.6m | Sea | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
Bowleaze Cove Weymouth And Portland, Dorset |
5.2m | Sea | Excellent | Excellent | Good | Excellent |
Lulworth Cove Purbeck, Dorset |
5.4m | Sea | Excellent | Excellent | Good | Excellent |
Must see
- The Tank Museum (3.7 miles)
- Hardy's Birthplace (4.5 miles)
- Monkey World - Ape Rescue Centre (4.9 miles)
National Trust
- Clouds Hill (4.1 miles)
- Hardy's Cottage (4.5 miles)
Cycle routes
Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.
- Ringstead Bay - Chaldon Down - Ringstead Bay (2.8 miles)
- South Down NT Car Park - Scratchy Bottom (2.8 miles)
- South Down Car Park - White Horse Hill - Osmington - Osmington Mill - Ringstead - South Down CP (2.8 miles)
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From the manager...
Thank you for your very good review. I am very pleased that you enjoyed your stay at Sandyholme Holiday Park and that it met your expectations. I hope you will be able to visit us again in 2015; we will be open from the 20th March. On behalf of all the team at West Dorset Leisure Holidays we would like to wish you a very happy Christmas. |
From the manager...
Thank you for your review, I am very pleased that you enjoyed your stay at Sandyholme Holiday Park and that you tried one of our Caravan Holiday Homes. We look forward to welcoming you back in 2015, in either your touring unit or to stay in a caravan again. On behalf of all the team at West Dorset Leisure Holidays we wish you a very Happy Christmas. |
From the manager...
Thank you for your review, we are very pleased that you liked the holiday park and have noted your comment about the WiFi. We hope you will be able to visit us again soon. |
From the manager...
Thank you for your review, your comments about the directions to the park are very interesting and we will be looking into this immediately. I am unsure as to why the booking would have been difficult to make online, as we generally have very good feedback from customers using the pitchup website -it might have been a minor fault on the day. Thank you again for your review and we hope you will be able to visit us again soon. |
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Thank you for your review and we are very pleased that you enjoyed your stay. We are pleased that you found the facilities to an excellent standard and we look forward to welcoming you back again soon. |
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Thank you for your review and we are very pleased that you enjoyed your stay. We are pleased that you found the facilities to an excellent standard and we look forward to welcoming you back again soon. |
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Thank you for your review, we are very pleased that you and your family enjoyed your stay. We have noted your comments about the overgrown field and we will have this looked into. Thank you again and we look forward to welcoming you back soon. |
Sandy Holmes, clean, friendly quiet. 16 Sep 2014 vicky_r0 (Family with young children, 2 reviews) Confirmed
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Thank you for your review and we are very pleased that you enjoyed your stay. Your comments have been forwarded to the team at Sandyholme. We hope you and your family will be able to visit us again soon. |
From the manager...
Thank you for your review and we are very pleased that you and your friends have had a good holiday. The mole hills as you have rightly said are very difficult to control but we have noted your comments and we do monitor them regularly. We hope you will all be able to visit again soon. |
Quiet clean, friendly and an excellent location -highly recommended 2 Sep 2014 russell_o (Family with older children, 2 reviews) Confirmed
From the manager...
Thank you for your review, we are very pleased that you and your children enjoyed your stay and that you were able to include a visit to the local area. We have noted your suggestion of a restaurant but as you have said the holiday park is located in a very central area enabling you to visit local towns and villages who have pubs, restaurants and cafes. Thank you again for your review and we hope you will be able to visit us again soon. |
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Bath available
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Free wifi
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Pick-up from public transport
Public telephone
Shower available
Toilet block
Washing-up area
Charging facilities
Chemical disposal
Gas cylinders available
Recycling available
Renewable energy
Touring and motorhomes
Electrical hook-up points for tourers
Seasonal pitches
Tourer storage facilities
Max. motorhome length: 7.0 metresRules
Barbecues allowed
Campfires allowed
Commercial vehicles allowed
Dogs allowed
Dogs allowed all year
Remote location
Spectacular scenery
Nearby leisure
Fishing nearby
Golf nearby
Horse riding nearby
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Sailing nearby
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Groups welcome
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Medium (26-50 pitches)
Ordnance Survey maps (GB and Northern Ireland only) are available at lower levels via the drop-down menu.
Nearest transport
- Coach stations
Dorchester: South Rail Station Coach Stop — 5.3mi
Weymouth: Town Centre Coach Stops — 7.3mi
Wareham: North Street Coach Stop — 9.5mi
- Train stations
Moreton (Dorset) Rail Station — 1.5mi
Wool Rail Station — 4.6mi
Dorchester South Rail Station — 5.3mi
- Ferry ports
Weymouth Ferry Terminal — 7.3mi
Poole Ferry Terminal — 14.7mi
Poole Quay Ferry Landing — 15.1mi
- Airports
Bournemouth International Airport — 22.7mi
From the North: Leave the M5 at Junction 25 and follow the signs for Yeovil. From Yeovil follow signs to Dorchester.
From the East: From the M3 take the M27 to Ringwood and on to Dorchester.
From the West: From Honiton, take the A35 towards Lyme Regis and Bridport and onto Dorchester.
From the East: Take the A35 from Bere Regis and after 3 miles turn south onto the B3390. After approximately 4 miles go over the railway and turn left onto Moreton Road. Sandyholme can be found after 2 miles on the right hand side.
From the West: From the Dorchester bypass take the A352 to Broadmayne continue straight through Broadmayne for 4 miles. At the roundabout take the second exit, continue through the village and take the left hand turn onto Moreton Road. Sandyholme can be found on the left-hand side.
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Camping and touring | ||
Arrive: | 3 p.m. – | 9 p.m. |
Depart: | 11 a.m. | |
On-site accommodation | ||
Arrive: | 3 p.m. – | 9 p.m. |
Depart: | 10 a.m. |
Cancellation policy
Refunds not given.
Please note that your deposit is paid to Pitchup.com and is non-refundable.
Payment of balance
The balance is due 10 weeks before arrival, or if the arrival date is sooner than 10 weeks then the balance should be paid as soon as possible.
Please contact Sandyholme Holiday Park to arrange payment of balance using the telephone number in your confirmation.
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Please note dogs must be kept on leads at all times and not to be left unattended in any unit.
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Max. persons: 6x
Dimensions: 3.7m x 8.5m (12.1ft x 27.9ft)
Bedrooms: 2
Holiday home with a double room, a twin room and a comfortable sofa bed in the living area.
Features a fully-equipped kitchen and a living/dining area.
Dogs are not allowed in this unit.
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Bedrooms | 2 |
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Car | 1 included |
Duvets and pillows | 6 included |
Fridge | 1 included |
TV | 1 included |
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Extra car (1 max) | £3.50/€4.44/AU$6.43/$5.63 per night |
High chair (2 max) | £12.50/€15.86/AU$22.96/$20.12 per 7 nights |
Travel cot (1 max) | £12.50/€15.86/AU$22.96/$20.12 per 7 nights |
Double bed linen hire (1 max) | £18.50/€23.47/AU$33.98/$29.78 per 7 nights |
Single bed linen hire (2 max) | £15/€19.03/AU$27.55/$24.14 per 7 nights |


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Oct 10, 2012, 08:52 AM | |
Well I finally got my talon in the air last night. I have had a few quads and a few hex, but this is my first tri. I can't believe how well it flies and how stable it is. I wrapped LED's around the arms, and it's super bright at night....I went with the digital 306 and am very happy with that choice....
I did run into 1 problem with the KK2 board. When I first tried to get the tri off the ground it started spinning. I read that you had to reverse the yaw settings under MISC, but I missed the part where you had to change the channel in the upper left of the menu. After I figured that out, the default settings were amazingly stable. |
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I got mine going as well.
I running KK2 with HK F30A simonk on 2200mAh Nanotechs 2 forward motors are NTM 28-26A 1200KV with 8045 Gemfans and tail is 306 driven with a SunnySky 2212 980KV and 9045 Gemfan I have had a couple of runs at tuning the KK2 and already it flies very well. I had to up the Yaw P to get the type of rudder response I wanted but all I need now is some time to get out and fly it and all the other things I have! I have some drift rearwards on hard punch outs because the 980KV motor with 9045 isn't generating the lift of the two 8045 1200KV motors at the front. Haven't really tried it in autolevel yet though. That needed quite a bit of trim to stop a left drift - I'm suspecting that the motor power is a little different as everything looks pretty well levelled. |
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Emptied five packs with my Talon Tri in the sunset yesterday.
Now it is rock solid on the Baseflight MultiWii. My experience so far: Yes, the motor mounts bend in any type of crash. So far I've just bent them back. A hard crash and the front arms are also a weak spot due to the slit in the arms that is needed because of the folding mechanism. And I have killed one tail servo already. So order plenty of them... But I absolutely love it. Takes a couple of seconds to unfold and fold back again. Fits nicely in a not too big suitcase and flies very, very well. T-Motors 2216-11 9x5x3 Props 306 Digital Tail Servo HK30A SimonK ESC FF Baseflight MultiWii 4S 2200 TGY Nano |
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Should fit 14mm tubes. The H.A.L. has 14mm tube, just like the Talon V2. |
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I rebuilt and added the LEDs. I'm curious if others are packing in servos with crashes. Eirik mentioned his servo problems. My rcexplorer tri after dozens of crashes never broke a servo. I wonder if elevated tail/ landing gear prevent the props from hitting the ground in a crash and sparing the servo. I'm thinking of mounting the motor under the tail mount plate to balance out the load, or at least lowering the cg on the pivot point, closer to the bearings. This may reduce the twisting forces on impact.
I guess we all need to fly better and avoid crashes by hey, where's the fun in that. H |
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I think this will be the right spare for the landing and engine part of the tri-copter: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s..._Gear_Set.html Magnus |
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