What is the Resolution of 35mm film?

Question

There is a lot of talk about 6k resolution from the Epic Dragon by RED, and of course there are 4k TVs now, but I'm wondering what actual film, 35mm particularly has a resolution equivalency of, if it is even possible to do an equivalency. I had read somewhere that it was close to 15k resolution, but I was wondering if this is true.

Answer 1

35mm film has a resolution of approximately 5.6K — equivalent to an image of about 5,600 × 3,620 pixels. The finite resolution of film will fluctuate based on the type of film and the film's processing methods