Which Mission: Impossible film was the first to be shot with IMAX cameras?

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol was the first Mission: Impossible film to be shot with IMAX cameras.

Released in 2011, Ghost Protocol was partially filmed using IMAX film cameras, with roughly 30 minutes of its running time captured in the format. Director Brad Bird preferred IMAX to 3D for selected sequences because it offered a brighter, sharper image and a more immersive presentation on a large screen without requiring special glasses.

The format was used especially effectively for the film’s major set pieces, including Ethan Hunt’s climb outside Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. The large-format photography helped emphasize the building’s height and the physical danger of the stunt, which Tom Cruise performed himself.

Later entries expanded the franchise’s use of large-format cameras. Rogue Nation, Fallout, and Dead Reckoning used newer IMAX-related production techniques, but they came after Ghost Protocol. The question asks which film came first, not which one used the format most extensively.