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anamorphic lens
noun
- a compound lens or system of lenses that compresses the camera image in the horizontal direction during filming, so that a wide-screen image can fit on the width of conventional 35-millimeter film.
- a similar system used in projection that horizontally expands the compressed image back to its original wide-screen aspect ratio.
anamorphic lens
noun
- a component in the optical system of a film projector for converting standard 35mm film images into wide-screen format
Word History and Origins
Origin of anamorphic lens1
Example Sentences
And like most things, we do that through the gauzy anamorphic lens of Hollywood.
“It gives you the quality of an older anamorphic lens that bends and focus-breathes a certain way, with the benefit of these large formats,” Montpellier notes.
So that anamorphic lens choice — he really tried to approximate the same kind of filmmaking in terms of technique and equipment that would have been used from the ‘70s to capture the grittiness,” Docter says.
This starter kit comes with a a mounting case and your choice of lens, including a tele 58mm lens, a wide 18mm lens, and an anamorphic lens, among others.
Her husband, Patrick Loungway, a cinematographer, suggested that she use an anamorphic lens to replicate the look of a CinemaScope film.
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