Following up on the buzzy announcement of the SIRUI 40mm T1.8 1.33x S35 lens and its anamorphic autofocus possibilities, ...

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.

The method used for storing wide screen movies on DVDs to maximize the resolution on wide screen TVs as well as standard TVs that support anamorphic mode. Similar to the way an anamorphic lens ...

DVDs that utilize an anamorphic transfer are capable of "reshaping" the image displayed on a television. Before the advent of anamorphic video, A DVD of a widescreen production could be created to ...