Todd Turner Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Hello, I'm shooting my next feature using 'cinemascope' and want to know if anyboby has any tips or advice for me. Is there an adapter that goes between the camera and lens? Is cinemascope similiar to shooting with anamorphic lenses. What is the stop compensation? How does this affect focus? What is the aspect ratio of cinemascope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adam Frisch FSF Posted February 6, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted February 6, 2005 Well.... Cinemascope IS anamorphic. ;) Please do a search on this forum - the topic has been discussed numerous times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Turner Posted February 6, 2005 Author Share Posted February 6, 2005 Well.... Cinemascope IS anamorphic. ;) Please do a search on this forum - the topic has been discussed numerous times. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks, I'm new. I'll try a search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Appelt Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 You would make it a lot easier to answer your question if you told us what kind of equipment you intend to use, and maybe some facts about your project. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted February 7, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted February 7, 2005 "CinemaScope" was a copyrighted name owned by 20th Century Fox. In 35mm photography, it means shooting with anamorphic lenses with a standard 2X horizontal compression -- the anamorphic element that squeezes the image is built into the lenses. The first CinemaScope movies did use an attachment but that idea was dropped since it required the attachment to be focused independently of the spherical lens it was attached to. You should be looking for anamorphic lenses for a 35mm camera. People sometimes use anamorphic adaptors on consumer DV cameras to squeeze a 16x9 image onto the 4x3 CCD. These have a 1.33X squeeze, not 2X like CinemaScope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted February 9, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted February 9, 2005 Standard SMPTE 195 specifies the "scope" projectable image area to be 0.825 x 0.690 inches, which with a 2X anamorphic lens works out to a 2.39:1 aspect ratio. You can shoot with an anamorphic lens on the camera (e.g., Panavision), or shoot with a spherical lens, usually in the "Super-35" format, and do the "squeeze" in an optical printer or digital intermediate. Here is the history of CinemaScope: http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/wingcs1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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