A movie camera lens that horizontally squeezes a wide screen image into a standard 35mm frame. When projected, an anamorphic lens stretches the 35mm frame horizontally and fills a wide screen.

Laowa has launched a new range of premium cine lenses. The Nanomorph LF 1.5x Anamorphic Series has been designed for large format and full frame cameras, and is aimed at theatrical and enthusiast ...

Similar to the way an anamorphic lens squeezes a wide screen movie horizontally onto a 35mm frame, an anamorphic DVD stretches vertically a 16:9 image frame to fully fill the 4:3 aspect ratio of a ...