A lens that squeezes a wide image horizontally onto film or a sensor, to be unsqueezed later into widescreen.
Anamorphic lenses also leave a look of their own: oval out-of-focus highlights and horizontal lens flares.
Glossary · Cinematography
Anamorphic lens
Also called anamorphic
A lens that squeezes a wide image horizontally onto film or a sensor, to be unsqueezed later into widescreen.