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2K video   Video with a resolution of approximately 2000 lines per frame.

3:2 pull-down (2:3)   Telecine method of converting 24fps film to 30fps video by transferring each film frame at an alternating rate of two video fields and then three video fields.

4K video   Video with a resolution of approximately 4000 lines per frame.

A and B cutting   A method of assembling original 16mm film material in two separate rolls, allowing optical effects to be made by double printing (A and B printing).

A- and B-wind   When a roll of 16mm film, perforated along one edge, is held so that the outside end of the film leaves the roll at the top and toward the right A-wind has perforations on the edge of the film toward the observer and B-wind ...

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