What Makes Anamorphic Lenses Different?

Let's dive a bit deeper into how anamorphic lenses work and what makes them different from regular spherical glass.

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0:00 Introduction
0:27 What Are Anamorphic Lenses?
2:00 Squeeze Factor
3:12 De-Squeeze
3:40 Aspect Ratio
4:04 Super 35
4:47 Spherical Vs Anamorphic Characteristics
6:51 Skillshare
8:00 Anamorphic In A Digital World
9:34 Limitations
11:46 Why Choose Anamorphic Lenses?
13:04 Conclusion

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[dunke]

I wasn't expecting to see Bacurau in the video. Thanks for that, the Brazilian cinema has many good pieces that deserve to be better known

[terranborn]

One of the primary reasons movie studios went to wide screen format was in response to the rising popularity of TV, which used the existing 4:3 film format for obvious reasons. Even back then, studios viewed people staying home and watching TV as a threat to their business. The drawback is those widescreen movies then had to be cropped to fit on TV (either horizontally or vertically) so the viewer didn't get the same experience at home.

[airdailyx]

just started using anamorphics for photography. it has even more benefits over spherical lenses in that realm such as panoramas without needing to pan the camera at a vertical orientation. one anamorphic lens will take one shot of the same scene that a spherical lens rotated vertically would need to take about five or six shots and stitch in post. and you don’t have to worry about having the pano barrel distortion of having swing the camera left to right.

[pedrovictor]

As a Brazilian im very happy to see Bacurau in here. Your content has allways been educational and helpfull! I urge you to dive deep in Brazilian cinema! Keep up the good work!

[brianbuckley]

Shoutouts to this video being in 2.4:1

[JayFingers]

I love the anamorphic look. As a kid of the ‘80s, many of my favorite films were shot using anamorphic lenses. I’ve copped a couple of budget lenses and I enjoy using them. The only downside is the minimum focus distance, but I have some diopters for when I want to get close shots of something. Finally, and I might be a weirdo for this, but I kinda like when the image isn’t desqueezed all the way. 😅 I feel like some movies left the image squeezed just a bit. I love that look! 😆 Thanks for this one. I enjoy your channel a lot.

[gabrielhborgesrolo]

Nice of you to include Bacurau. We don't see a lot foreign essays covering Brazilian cinema. Nice work as always! :D

[damardwis]

Love to see "Mission: Impossible" movies as examples on this video. It seems the franchise is one of many franchises that consistently shot with anamorphic lenses, specifically with Panavision C-series lens.

[deborahkamayanja]

Although i am not in the film industry, these videos are really interesting and relaxing, keep it up in depth cine👏👏

[Bluboy]

When I saw Fincher's The Killer, I thought it was shot in anamorphic lenses. But then I saw a video of the DP saying he shot in it with spherical lenses, and they added lens flares and other anamorphic look in post production.

[jansrraw]

Great video! Im glad that you titled movies you used in this video!

[DethronerX]

Beautiful video, thanks for covering this topic

[keithpennock]

Please explain & show the “vignette” visual artifact that you mentioned.

[lionheart]

Great video! This helps a lot when considering to buy a new lens for videography.

[thegospelcallTGC]

Thank you for the good information. I appreciated the video. God bless.

[HBarnill]

The fact they're not good for deep focus or wide angle shots makes me avoid them.

[GZYiHao]

In the drawings convex lenses are shown, but the caption reads concave. So, what is true? The drawing, or the caption? Are the lenses concave, or convex?

[LakevusParadice]

Hey man. What is YOUR opinion on film vs digital? Which do you think it better?

[reptongeek]

Jurassic Park is actually Spherical 1.85 not Super 35.

What disadvantages are there using Super 35. Christopher Nolan prefers to use Anamorphic because when he read up about Super 35 he didn't like the process. I can't remember why not it's been a while since I saw the appropriate interview

[DavidCowie]

I watch a lot of YouTube on my iPad, but I'm going to watch this one on my TV, and not just because the iPad is nine years old and the battery is getting a bit tired ...