LOS ANGELES—The venerable anamorphic format was developed for cinema by Twentieth Century-Fox in the 1950s. The studio wanted breathtaking, widescreen movies in order to compete with the newer medium ...

If you love the classic look of old ultra-wide movies but don't want to invest in an expensive camera to shoot your own versions, Sirui's new anamorphic mobile lens gives you a solid, relatively cheap ...

It's well known that the iPhone's video quality is top notch among mobile devices, with each release pushing forward what people can do with the tiny portable computing devices. Today we're taking a ...

Anamorphic lenses are very popular right now, so here's a guide to what all those compression ratios mean! It's not really clear why anamorphic lenses originally had a two-to-one compression ratio.

Optically stretching images to make a wider aspect ratio is back in a big way thanks to the internet. Adam Hamer investigates. DIY communities have sprouted up on the web, dedicated to helping ...

Photographers searching for a anamorphic lens may be worth investigating the SIRUI 75mm which is coming to the end of its successful crowdfunding campaign which has helped the project raised over $600 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Sirui / Indiegogo Sirui says its upcoming lens is the first optic to offer autofocus, ...

Because the GF had never seen the Abyss, I trotted out and bought the Special Edition. I checked it out an all my DVD players, and both WS tvs. There is no way this is anamorphic, even though it says ...