New to ANAMORPHIC

[dmorgan924]

So the only thing I know from ANAMORPHIC is when I was a projectionist, There was flat and scope, scope was wider, on film it is stretched out, and when it plays the lens makes it to the wide version.  How is it with digital, do some lenses record video to the sensor vertical then you stretch it out in editing?  

[bzpop]

On 2016-07-10 at 9:43 PM, dmorgan924 said:

  How is it with digital, do some lenses record video to the sensor vertical then you stretch it out in editing?  

yes, just like that, most of the digital  cameras don't have anamotphic mode, so the footage needs to be de-squeezed in post, with the ratio of your lens, either 1.33, 1.5, 1.75 or 2x,  but those digital cinema cameras that do have anamorphic mode, like Red or Alexa, they do that in camera, but again, only for 1.33 or 2x. but that's not a big deal, cuz you still can see the whole frame and can frame properly, even when considering cropping in post.