anamorphic lens
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anamorphic lens
[¦an·ə¦mȯr·fik ′lenz] (optics)
A lens that produces different magnifications along lines in different directions in the image plane.
anamorphic lens
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. This lens allowed the movie industry to make wide screen films with the same 35mm equipment. A 2:1 anamorphic lens squeezes 100% more into the frame than a normal lens. The term comes from the Greek "anamorphosis," which means to "reshape." See anamorphic DVD. |
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| An anamorphic lens squeezes the image horizontally in order to fit it into a smaller frame format. |