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Posted by WinField on 04/24/07 14:46
Nice clarification. I would have missed that. - Winfield
Jay G. wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:21:05 -0700, SuperM wrote:
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>>On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:39:46 -0500, "def456" <def456@none.none> Gave
>>us:
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>>>A lot of movies now come out on DVD in 2.35:1 aspect ratio, width to height,
>>>so called anamorphic...
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>> ...NO, it is NOT "called anamorphic".
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> Actually, it is, although it's more commonly referred to as "scope," and
> the actual aspect ratio of such films shot today is 2.39:1. For scope
> films, an anamporphic lense is used to vertically squeeze a 2.39:1 image
> onto a 1.37:1 frame of film. When projected, it passes through another
> anamorphic lense that stretches it horizontally back to the correct aspect
> ratio.
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> "Anamorphic" for film shouldn't be confused with "anamorphic enhancement"
> on DVDs, although both use the same principle of squeezing the image to use
> more of the available image area.
>
> http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~leopold/AV/FilmToVideo/
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)
>
> -Jay
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